Thoughts on software-defined silicon
Thoughts on software-defined silicon
Posted Feb 20, 2022 12:00 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: Thoughts on software-defined silicon by NYKevin
Parent article: Thoughts on software-defined silicon
> You can't "solve" the "problem" of locked hardware; it is not a technical problem in the first place.
Yes, but you can go in the other direction: use solution designed to solve economic problem to solve technical problem, too.
> As long as those economic incentives continue to exist, it is inevitable that Intel, and other chip manufacturers, will produce and sell locked hardware.True, but they would use technical need to keep hardware from breaking as justification for what they are doing.