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> Once you have a decent base and sufficient interest, peoples incremental changes will get there eventually. The size of a viable increment in a software proj
by vonmoltke 8y ago
> Once you have a decent base and sufficient interest, peoples incremental changes will get there eventually.
The size of a viable increment in a software project is much smaller than it is in a hardware project. Developing a functional, non-trivial microarchitecture requires significant capital expenditure and coordination of efforts. This requires at least a patron of some sorts to manage the process, where the requirements for that patron are much more significant than "somebody with a listserv".
- debatem1 8y agoNvidia is not ignorant of the realities of hardware design. Google spends capital to get what it wants. Western Digital is not just "somebody with a listserv". Once those players front the money for the ecosystem the incentive to coordinate is there on the fab side. With that in place and good simulation possible, the size of an incremental change is an exercise in release management.