b1ackb0x

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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
They could easily control it by selling chips to big players only if they want.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
Not really, they are only making it less likely that we use their chip in our product because we never tested it and can’t make a prototype with it.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
And it’s not just TI, the whole industry is like that. Not only datasheets, most of developer documentation is not available for very common chips.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
Last time I had to find in-depth documentation on a fairly common and new SONY image sensor, there was nothing available officially, found it in some chinese file sharing site though. Seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot by n
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
I don’t understand why chipmakers seem to always restrict access to documentation on chips. Their competitors will get it anyway. This only creates more problems for small developers.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
I think there could be way better solutions for those problems without using blockchain. Use of blockcains where it’s not needed will only create more tecnical debt.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
It is used clearly in a misleading way since this database is nowhere about latencies and time at all.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
But is it really "realtime"? I thought something should have consistent millisecond or even microsecond latencies to be called realtime, but it's probably not possible for JavaScript application.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
1. I/O isn't that bad, 40-100 GPIOs out, pretty much on par with most Artix-7 boards out there, SFP and PCIe is a plus cause Artix chips have no/slow transceivers and simply can't use them, and well everything aside from
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
FPGA tools allow a lot of customization if you need it, what difference will it make if they are fully opensource? FPGA chip design isn't opensource anyway
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
There are cheap Virtex-6 and Kintex-7 boards as well ~$100-$150 on Aliexpress.
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by b1ackb0x 6y ago
Is it any better than Artix-7 XC7A100T or XC7A35T boards from Aliexpress(search QMTECH, they sell 100K board for ~$100)?
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by b1ackb0x 9y ago
it's not so easy without US credit/debit card