j_walter

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by j_walter 3y ago
Basically yes, but this is the exact reason Apple got away from Samsung making their chips. TSMC is a neutral party with reasons to keep designs secret from other customers. Intel and Samsung have competing products on the market so why w
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by j_walter 3y ago
Why would that mean they are confident? You always get customers ready before the technology is ready...you think TSMC doesn't have 2nm customers lined up already?
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by j_walter 3y ago
I see TSMC and Intel cost structures all the time...they run fabs very differently and the costs are no where near close to each other. When running a foundry the main component of being competitive is price and yield. Intel will struggle
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by j_walter 3y ago
If they can't make good gross margin when making their own products that are higher priced (than similar AMD products)...how are they going to do it when they have to support an end customer that expects high gross margins? Intel GM ~4
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by j_walter 3y ago
There is a big difference in making a technology work and making a lot of high yielding wafers with it. I'm not sure Intel 7nm ever got to high volume manufacturing...there were constant delays and yield issues. Read the 3rd article
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by j_walter 3y ago
Even if they can catch up with the technology...can they high volume manufacture it? Can they manufacture it at a similar price point as TSMC? All signs point to No. They have the talent to have competing tech...but they have shown time a
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by j_walter 3y ago
Intel is a competitor, but not in the same niche. Intel isn't sharing their foundry designs or 18A information with TSMC when they get chips made. AMD will never outsource to Intel...they would be basically giving the keys to the kin
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by j_walter 3y ago
What is your cost analysis on Intel's foundry arm? If AMD can support high profits using TSMC as a supplier...who also has high profits, why do you think Intel can compete on price and make good money?
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by j_walter 3y ago
> Also they will have leverage when negotiating deals with TSMC Except Intel hasn't talked about price at all...they have a completely different cost structure that isn't competitive at all. Think about AMD gross margin vs. In
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by j_walter 3y ago
Sounds like your CEO is a piece of shit. Luckily not all companies operate this way and being directly involved in my company's net zero initiative I know we investigate every single carbon offset we purchase and its rarely the cheape
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by j_walter 3y ago
Will be interesting to see how they did it. Using low cost off the shelf parts means nothing if you have to dismantle the entire car and solder to the tiniest of points. I still remember the first Xbox mod...30+ wires attached to the smal
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by j_walter 3y ago
Still not a great study...when you say its "cost to charge" but include incidentals like EV registration fees you might as well look at the total cost of ownership and call it that. Throw oil changes in and other maintenance for
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by j_walter 3y ago
They mention cars like the Leaf. 212 miles on 40kWh. Even if say 20kWh for 100 miles, that's like >$0.60/kWh for at home charging based on their calculations. They don't cite any variables used and I'm guessing using
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by j_walter 3y ago
What a BS articles that doesn't cite sources and flat out lies on charging costs.
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Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas(businessinsider.com)
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by j_walter 3y ago
Every retail store with a 20 mile radius of Portland has put theft deterrent devices on even the most basic items. Home depot locks up almost everything other than lumber now because theft is so prolific. It's frustrating for your av
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by j_walter 3y ago
Yep, and it took effect 13 weeks after voting it through. No possible way to get things in order in only 13 weeks...especially at the state level.
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by j_walter 3y ago
Oregon basically made it a $100 fine or you could get treatment...<5% of the people arrested chose treatment. Portugal had more rules requiring treatment which is what made it effective...Oregon did not choose that route. https:/&
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by j_walter 3y ago
They didn't spend any money on it...they didn't fund or push treatment programs at all. The implementation was 100% awful...just like every Oregon program that means well. https://www.wweek.com/news/state&#x2
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by j_walter 3y ago
Don't forget that many of those people are fueling their drug habits with theft...theft that has gone largely unchecked. Oregon became a destination for addicts where they didn't have to worry about legal troubles that came along
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by j_walter 3y ago
Clearly they had the best of intentions, but Oregon's politicians are terrible at implementing anything properly. Open drug markets, increased property and retail thefts and a homeless population explosion are what happened...when &lt
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by j_walter 3y ago
People aren't forced, they make bad decisions. The homeless in Portland often choose to camp near major freeways and cross them regularly. By near, I mean directly next to (like between the offramp and the freeway). The city isn&#x2
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by j_walter 3y ago
...or over promise them on what a union can deliver...no laws state that the union can't lie or misrepresent what they will get them in negotiations.
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by j_walter 3y ago
Because many people in the US believe laws will protect them...walk out in a road and cars are supposed to stop for you. If they don't...you die. Pedestrians have the most to lose, but act very casually about walking so close to wher
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by j_walter 3y ago
In this case they are reviewing the funding mechanism of the CFPB and because it has no funding reviewed by congress that it might be part of the executive branch oversight and therefore the CFPB head is able to be fired by the president.
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by j_walter 3y ago
My mistake...it was not unanimous, but 6-3 like most decisions lately. However I will add comments by congress are just pushing my point further. "They are expanding their role into acting as though they are Congress itself and that,
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by j_walter 3y ago
I mean every democrat whined about the SCOTUS blocking the student loan decision and how it's another example of this "extremist" court blocking the will of the people. They didn't mention that decision was unanimous, w
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by j_walter 3y ago
Many of the homeless already have crypto wallets...thats why they are now homeless
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by j_walter 3y ago
Wasn't really TSMC...but some info that was shared to Kinmax by TSMC. Totally different than TSMC being hacked directly...it's not like they hopped from Kinmax into TSMC's network either.
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by j_walter 3y ago
They have backups...most companies do. That is why these ransomware groups have turned to extortion instead...don't pay and we expose your sensitive info to the world. No amount of good backup policies can block a group from releasing

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