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I just scrubbed through the presentation quickly today and happened to stop on a reporter's question about why they built their own chip and at what cost. Musk
by cptskippy 8y ago
I just scrubbed through the presentation quickly today and happened to stop on a reporter's question about why they built their own chip and at what cost. Musk said basically there were more powerful chips and less powerful chips available but this one was with in their power requirements and had exactly the power they needed at a cost less than what they were paying including R&D costs.
I can understand that rationale, it's like making custom fit patch cables for your network rack that are exactly the length they need to be.
- kingosticks 8y agoExcept if you screw up and cut the cable too short it's going to really hurt your finances, and maybe more importantly, your time to market. There's quite a lot of risk involved but I guess a big enough budget can help mitigate some of that.
- cptskippy 8y agoNot to mention getting the right people cutting your cables.
- torpfactory 8y agoThey did hire Jim Keller to design their chips so... using your analogy they definitely hired the right guy to cut the cables :). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Keller_(engineer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Keller_(engineer)