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> nobody else besides the manufacturer could write the drivers for it to extract the most performance out of it Let's not go too far here. Reverse engineering
by MaxBarraclough 11mo ago
> nobody else besides the manufacturer could write the drivers for it to extract the most performance out of it
Let's not go too far here. Reverse engineering and independent development of usable drivers are not impossible, they're 'merely' extremely challenging. Alyssa Rosenzweig in particular had great success reverse engineering the Apple M1 GPU and writing drivers for it, and that was just a few years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Rosenzweig#Career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Rosenzweig#Career
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45034537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45034537
- surajrmal 11mo agoIt's extremely expensive and you will be late to the market by at least one generation. It's not economically viable outside of hobbiest situations.
- jack_tripper 11mo agoThe M1 launched in 2019 and FOSS drivers still not on par with MAcOS. You can't stay in business waiting for 6 years for someone else to make drivers for your HW. This is just a HN fantasy that's not compatible with business of making money. That's why everyone here make money working in SW.
- amelius 11mo ago> The M1 launched in 2019 and FOSS drivers still not on par with MAcOS. That's mostly because the documentation was never released. Honestly, it makes no sense to try to suggest that FOSS can't write decent software when reality shows otherwise.