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Is this a parody? Why would anyone care about die size? And if you do why not get one of the many low power laptops with Atoms etc that do have small die size?
by nl 2y ago
Is this a parody?
Why would anyone care about die size? And if you do why not get one of the many low power laptops with Atoms etc that do have small die size?
- throwaway48476 2y agoMaybe through a game of telephone they confused die size and node size?
- thfuran 2y agoYes, they're making fun of the comment they replied to.
- singlepaynews 2y agoWould you do me the favor of explaining the joke? I get the premise—nobody cares about die size, but the comment being mocked seems perfectly innocuous to me? They want a laptop without an NPU b/c according to link we get more out of CPU anyways? What am I missing here?
- michaelt 2y agoIt has been the norm for several decades to have hardware features that go unused. The realities of mass manufacturing and supply chains and whatnot mean it's cheaper to get a laptop with a webcam I don't use, a fingerprint reader I don't use, and an SD card reader I don't use. It's cheaper to get a CPU with integrated graphics I don't use, a trusted execution environment I don't use, remote management features I don't use. It's cheaper to get a discrete GPU with RGB LEDs I don't use, directx support I don't use, four outputs when I only need one. It's cheaper to get a motherboard with integrated wifi than one without.
- tedunangst 2y agoNo, no, no, you just don't get it. The only thing Dell will sell me is a laptop 324mm wide, which is totally appalling, but if they offered me a laptop that's 320mm wide, I'd immediately buy it. In my line of work, which is totally serious business, every millimeter counts.