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> If you can pre-determine what functions your gadget is going to need, you can always build a greener solution by going fixed function. How are you defining f
by DougBTX 14y ago
> If you can pre-determine what functions your gadget is going to need, you can always build a greener solution by going fixed function.
How are you defining fixed function? For example, does eval [1] count as a function? If you have a gadget which only executes one function, eval, is it still a fixed function device? Presumably it is not, since eval can perform any function. If eval is a function which is not allowed in a fixed function device, how do you determine which functions may be used in a fixed function device?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eval http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eval
- khitchdee 14y agoThe point of the write-up is to highlight the fact that you don't have to assume programmable function is a better alternative to fixed function under all circumstances, an assumption we have made for the last 40 years.
- icebraining 14y agoThat's a claim; for people to consider it a fact you need to demonstrate it.
- mikeash 14y agoThe wealth of specialized chips in a modern smartphone, from audio decoding to cell signal handling to graphics acceleration, would seem to belie that supposed assumption.