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A natively flexible 32-bit Arm microprocessor
- dmitrygr 5y agoDiscussed today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27910621 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27910621
- ulzeraj 5y agoI thought it was flexible because it has many uses but its flexible in the literal sense.
- speed_spread 5y agoThis is a mind-bending revelation.
- nynx 5y agoWhat's the manufacturing process here? Is it feasible that fabs for this kind of thing could reduce in price over time to the individual or makerpsace level?
- smaddox 5y agoSigh As is the case for many academic initiatives and papers, this will never be commercially relevant. There's no need to make a flexible chip when you can make a half millimeter cube of silicon with far more computational power. It's not the silicon chip that's the problem. It's all the supporting electronics and packaging.
- nexuist 5y agoDoes it need to be commercially relevant? I mean, to me it's just kind of cool...and isn't that a good enough reason to pursue it?
- em3rgent0rdr 5y agoArm is promoting it like: "Millions of everyday objects, such as food packaging, clothing, and bandages could benefit from having intelligence embedded into them." [1] [1] https://community.arm.com/developer/research/b/articles/posts/plasticarm-realising-the-full-potential-of-the-internet-of-things https://community.arm.com/developer/research/b/articles/post...