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> Upload your model > It should take about one minute for compilation to complete. ...also, it should take about six months for Google to lose interest in thi

> Upload your model > It should take about one minute for compilation to complete. ...also, it should take about six months for Google to lose interest in this product, at which point the product you made when you integrated the Edge TPU -- is stuck without updates.

StreamBright 8y ago
The HW is still there and if there is enough interest people can keep on hacking on it. There are many alternatives though. The spec for the dev board is interesting, I am curious about the ML accelerator coprocessor & cryptographic coprocessor. Interesting choice of operating system. If they were also releasing their new OS for these that would make this project infinitely more interesting to me.
crazygringo 8y ago
This kind of comment is getting really tired. Can you show me statistically that Google is any more likely to discontinue something than any other startup? Or than Apple or Amazon? A few people got upset about Google discontinuing Reader, but that was a looong time ago. And they've certainly discontinued other things to... but just like every other company.
- andyburke 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon... They seem to discontinue a lot of products, including ones with fairly large user bases. It seems like a valid concern if you're going to try to build something on top of their stuff.
  - deadmutex 8y ago
    They seem to ship a lot of products too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products Disclaimer: I work at Google.
- scrollaway 8y ago
  I'm the first one to say this type of comment is tired usually, but that's because people say it about Google cloud where it's patently untrue. This however seems to be a product with no SLA and no guarantees, outside of the cloud offerings etc. I kinda agree with OP, Google's track record is bad when it comes to this kind of products. And yes I think they are worse than other companies. Google isn't a hardware company, so they're worse than apple in that regard. And Amazon would do it through AWS, which would also make this fall inside their core competency.
- Isn0gud 8y ago
  That's whataboutism and not an argument...
- dheera 8y ago
  I think the reasoning is that it would be much nicer to have a compiler that runs locally so that you aren't dependent on Google to run the hardware even if they do EoL it. It's a major issue for actual deployments of hardware in e.g. medical, education, research settings where a machine may end up supporting a piece of machinery for a couple decades on no support but just some spare duplicate parts that can be swapped in. I once used a fiber optic splicer at MIT that was 2.5 decades old and ran DOS. Nobody gave a crap that it was DOS. We just needed fibers spliced and a new shiny touch screen splicer would cost $30K.
- arendtio 8y ago
  There are at least two websites [1][2] dedicated to listing past google products. [1]: https://killedbygoogle.com https://killedbygoogle.com [2]: https://gcemetery.co https://gcemetery.co

StreamBright 8y ago

The HW is still there and if there is enough interest people can keep on hacking on it. There are many alternatives though. The spec for the dev board is interesting, I am curious about the ML accelerator coprocessor & cryptographic coprocessor. Interesting choice of operating system. If they were also releasing their new OS for these that would make this project infinitely more interesting to me.

crazygringo 8y ago

This kind of comment is getting really tired. Can you show me statistically that Google is any more likely to discontinue something than any other startup? Or than Apple or Amazon? A few people got upset about Google discontinuing Reader, but that was a looong time ago. And they've certainly discontinued other things to... but just like every other company.

andyburke 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon... They seem to discontinue a lot of products, including ones with fairly large user bases. It seems like a valid concern if you're going to try to build something on top of their stuff.
- deadmutex 8y ago
  They seem to ship a lot of products too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products Disclaimer: I work at Google.
scrollaway 8y ago
I'm the first one to say this type of comment is tired usually, but that's because people say it about Google cloud where it's patently untrue. This however seems to be a product with no SLA and no guarantees, outside of the cloud offerings etc. I kinda agree with OP, Google's track record is bad when it comes to this kind of products. And yes I think they are worse than other companies. Google isn't a hardware company, so they're worse than apple in that regard. And Amazon would do it through AWS, which would also make this fall inside their core competency.
Isn0gud 8y ago
That's whataboutism and not an argument...
dheera 8y ago
I think the reasoning is that it would be much nicer to have a compiler that runs locally so that you aren't dependent on Google to run the hardware even if they do EoL it. It's a major issue for actual deployments of hardware in e.g. medical, education, research settings where a machine may end up supporting a piece of machinery for a couple decades on no support but just some spare duplicate parts that can be swapped in. I once used a fiber optic splicer at MIT that was 2.5 decades old and ran DOS. Nobody gave a crap that it was DOS. We just needed fibers spliced and a new shiny touch screen splicer would cost $30K.
arendtio 8y ago
There are at least two websites [1][2] dedicated to listing past google products. [1]: https://killedbygoogle.com https://killedbygoogle.com [2]: https://gcemetery.co https://gcemetery.co