the "futuristic world if <X> was true" meme fully applies to the core idea that sw guys don't get the hw (and vice versa). even more true for the business peopl

the "futuristic world if <X> was true" meme fully applies to the core idea that sw guys don't get the hw (and vice versa). even more true for the business people that leave no room for bridging the gap. abstractions exist for a reason but it is refreshing to see some examples where researchers leverage the underlying hw architecture (see mamba architecture that works around GPU design - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38932350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38932350). but we can do so much more instead of pushing the new version of the existing process node.