which can be relatively easily implemented by competitors

Oh my.

Please people, try to think back to your engineering classes. Remember the project where you worked with a group to design a processor? I do. Worst semester of my life. (Screw whoever even came up with that damn real analysis math class.) And here's the kicker, I know I'll be dating myself here, but all I had to do for my part was tape it out. Still sucked.

Not sure I'd call the necessary processor design work here "relatively easy"? Even for highly experienced, extremely bright people, this is not "relatively easy".

Far more easy to make the software a commodity. Believe me.

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amelius 4 days ago | parent [-]

To be totally honest, the only thing I can distill from this is that perhaps you should have picked an education in CS instead of EE.

I mean this is like saying that a class for building compilers sucked. Still, companies make compilers, and they aren't all >$1B companies. In fact, hobbyists make compilers.

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bilbo0s 4 days ago | parent [-]

I did study CS as well.

That you are comparing designing and writing a compiler with designing and manufacturing a neural processor is only testimony to the futility of my attempt to impress on everyone the difference. So I'll take my leave.

You have a good day sir or ma'am.

	▲	amelius 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		But I'm actually saying that manufacturing is the hard part ...