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BumderFromDownUnder t1_j8d4kr7 wrote
Reply to comment by InevitableAd5222 in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
Enthusiast market isn’t huge at all. It’s literally the smallest out of the available markets. Corporate/business and “normal” user markets considerably dwarf “enthusiasts”
AloofPenny t1_j8d4jc2 wrote
Reply to comment by extra_specticles in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
https://amp.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3178109/tech-war-china-bets-open-source-risc-v-chip-design-minimise-potential there you go. There’s the market. It exists already. Because the US forced it
extra_specticles t1_j8d4ajw wrote
Reply to comment by Pure_Swing2184 in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
I said "mainstream consumer and business appeal" this whole thread is about laptops, not servers. Linux OWNS the server space. Linux does not have any mainstream appeal in the LAPTOP space. No matter how much you try to take that quote out of context.
extra_specticles t1_j8d41ne wrote
Reply to comment by AloofPenny in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
ARM Windows has existed for absolutely years. First version was in 2011 iIIRC. I'm not shitting on things I don't know about - I'm just pointing out how I've seen the market evolve.
Pure_Swing2184 t1_j8d3qr7 wrote
Reply to comment by extra_specticles in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
No business appeal = 98% of all cloud and server market
AloofPenny t1_j8d3oab wrote
Reply to comment by extra_specticles in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
Really? also, what are you even talking about. They didn’t used to make Windows or iOS for arm, but they do now. But keep shitting on something that still doesn’t even actually exist yet.
MrMobster t1_j8d3l9n wrote
It will be also slow, bulky and generally useless except to a few tinkerers.
extra_specticles t1_j8d3151 wrote
Reply to comment by InevitableAd5222 in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
Yes, the market is POTENTIALLY huge - but without major h/w & OS vendor support it's not going to be massive. The open desktop market has only existed in part due to the fact that (A) the h/w was always open right back to the original IBM PC, and (B) OS/software support for a large number so hardware components. Don't get me wrong I'd love to see it, but I've been in the tech industry for over 40 years and I'm not going to hold my breath.
PI Demand - even then the pi was available (and it's coming back online for Q3 this year) the number of laptops with it? You might think the appeal of such hardware configurations is high, but without mainstream OEM hardware vendors (DELL, LENOVO etc) they will not succeed in the consumer and business markets. What will make it happen is if Windows introduces a version for it. This of course is a possibility - however, Microsoft will need to come up with something like Apple's Rosetta for ARM to enable x86 apps to run. Again this is not something that they can't do - but they've certainly not been able to do it for their ARM Windows yet.
extra_specticles t1_j8d2npt wrote
Reply to comment by AloofPenny in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
EDIT; So downvotes for pointing out that mainstream Chinese hardware will not be enough and that OS support is needed. And just to be clear I love Linux and have been using it since the 90s. It has never been mainstream consumer or business desktop/laptop will not so easily. Servers yes, desktops - no. No matter what you wish.
China may well make lots of components but the only OS they'll be able to make is Linux. Linux does not and will not have mainstream consumer and business appeal. The only OS that will come close is Android. I seriously doubt any Chinese laptop and Linux will get mainstream consumer and business appeal in the massive market of Europe/America/APAC. That's where the market for these is - and it won't happen. Windows and MacOS are far too entrenched for Android to have done anything in that space - and they've had years to try.
AloofPenny t1_j8d22qr wrote
Reply to comment by extra_specticles in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
China is only able to use risc-v, so the support is clearly there
tepig099 t1_j8d1gjt wrote
Reply to comment by sarlackpm in Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming Moments in Years by speckz
I can’t get videos in games to work on my Steam Deck and that’s a big bummer for me.
darwinion- t1_j8d12vy wrote
Reply to comment by Good_King_Paler in These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes, and superhero skins by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Sorry, we’re fresh out of thumbs. How about a Thor Ragnorok spike?
mikerfx t1_j8d0du1 wrote
Reply to comment by Avieshek in Motherboard Shipments Plummet by Ten Million Units in 2022 by Avieshek
Also, where is DirectStorage for Windows 10??
Avieshek OP t1_j8czs46 wrote
Reply to comment by foege in Motherboard Shipments Plummet by Ten Million Units in 2022 by Avieshek
Pair that with Windows 11 as well and overall, nothing’s encouraging but discouraging.
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InevitableAd5222 t1_j8cz5zp wrote
Reply to comment by extra_specticles in Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade by Avieshek
What??? Tech enthusiast market is HUGE and enthusiasts love the idea of an open source standard like RISC-V w/ easy to fix/upgrade hardware for learning. Have you seen all the RISC-V posts on hacker news? Plus just look at Raspbery Pi demand.
PCChipsM922U t1_j8cyu24 wrote
Reply to comment by leenpaws in How Big Tech rewrote the nation’s first cell phone repair law - Documents reveal tech lobbyists revised a right-to-repair bill before New York's governor signed it. by speckz
You mean bad bet 🤔?
buoyanteloquence93 t1_j8cylc0 wrote
Reply to comment by Doidy_Cakes in Framework now sells 2TB Steam Deck upgrade drives. by SUPRVLLAN
Agreed. This is amazing for sure.
speculatrix t1_j8cycw0 wrote
Reply to comment by AsianSteampunk in These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes, and superhero skins by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Specialist limbs with tools would be useful, like Inspector Gadget.
speculatrix t1_j8cy8ii wrote
Reply to comment by Eltre78 in These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes, and superhero skins by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
I think we're close
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200430110321.htm
FILTER_OUT_T_D t1_j8cy3xv wrote
Reply to These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes, and superhero skins by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
FYI it’s “break the mould”
foege t1_j8cxrsx wrote
I've been considering upgrading with a new motherboard, RAM and CPU. But with current gen DDR5 having mixed reviews for my usecase, and PCEi 5.0 M.2 SSDs not hitting the market yet, and both Intel and AMD feel pretty lackluster in current gen CPU, and the upgrade to a 4090 blew my entire budget, it just does not feel like the right time to do so.
arrow_runner t1_j8cxd3h wrote
Reply to These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes, and superhero skins by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Anyone have any details on the sensors used in the shoes?
dameprimus t1_j8d4s6v wrote
Reply to comment by HuckleSmothered in These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes, and superhero skins by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1
Look at this diagram: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_of_Corti
That’s the cochlea in cross section. Easiest way to think about it is that the cochlea is a bundle of 3 hollow tubes. The nerve runs through one tube and the cochlear implant is placed in a different tube (the scala tympani).