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Not to mention that firmware updates are often necessary for things like supporting new CPUs. Immutable firmware means that your system can never improve or exp
by danudey 1y ago
Not to mention that firmware updates are often necessary for things like supporting new CPUs. Immutable firmware means that your system can never improve or expand to support new hardware, and I would hate to have to buy a new motherboard to support a new CPU.
- numpad0 1y agoYou shouldn't need new improved proprietary software to support new hardware, that's just wrong. They're just bundling free apps into hardware at that point. "New CPU needs a new software" shouldn't be an excuse to just let CPUs becoming its own computer with the real CPU you're paying for as one of many features. That's just fundamentally wrong.
- josephg 1y agoThat is reality though. It happens all the time. Modern computers are distributed systems of components. Each component has its own cpu and OS running in firmware. And they talk over the system bus.