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I get technology is always advancing, but I do wonder what the landscape will look like in 10 years when a lot of these patents start to expire. As a consumer,

I get technology is always advancing, but I do wonder what the landscape will look like in 10 years when a lot of these patents start to expire. As a consumer, it feels like we have been hitting diminishing returns for a while now. Sure, they will have released 11G, and all of the ads will tell me how vital it is the government can track me with millimeter precision, but I think all of my needs were already met with a five+ year old device.

jauntywundrkind 3y ago
I have a lot of hope the open core movement is going to help, but right now it's still bonkers hard and expensive & special to attach a good modern bus to a chip. Having ram or USB3+ or PCIe or soon CXL - much less BT or wifi! - is a totally different kind of feat that open silicon seems far off from. The LiteX folks come to mind as deserving as big nod here but I think mainly fpga not basic targeting. A connected computer still feels so far off. It's pretty interesting seeing some plateau forming commercially. The new Intel n100 - n30p chips look awesome. But they compete with mini-pc systems built around 20-65W desktop chips from 3-10 years ago that have a huge cheap second hand market. And they are a bit more power efficient but not vastly, producing similar power. But, good news, Intel & oems can have new systems using these chips on the market for competitive prices. Being able to compete with your own secondary market is a great sign to me.