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What things would you move off hardware and into software? Typically the reason why we produce something in hardware is because it's infeasible to do in softwa
by CHY872 12y ago
What things would you move off hardware and into software?
Typically the reason why we produce something in hardware is because it's infeasible to do in software. This is because of the costs mentioned.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoI imagine we can have SOC of CPU+RAM in one package and save on their wiring, for example.
- Kliment 12y agoTypically you'll use PoP with modern SoCs, where you put the memory on top of the CPU so connections don't go through the PCB
- kabouseng 12y agoPlace FPGA blobs down, now you have hardware like software components. But not an option for battery powered products, because of the high power requirements of FPGA's.
- Kliment 12y agoNot only that, FPGAs can't do sensing, can't condition analog signals, can't drive large currents. The power consumption is just one of many limitations.
- programmer_dude 12y agoFPGAs could be one way of moving things into "software". IMO we need a revolution in "programmable" hardware before open hardware can really take off.