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From a hardware POV. In software, I agree. Should have been clear.


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This is also, what this article is actually about. It's just from a more "hermeneutic" perspective, rather than a bottom-up approach based on an analysis of the hardware.

I agree... what I think they meant to say is something along the lines of software defaults are already optimized to maximize and take advantage of the hardware's abilities so work is completed faster. The 'with the software baked in' should be changed to reflect the value proposition that Oxide is alluding to.

Well, ok. I specify: in hardware matters.

It's appears to you this way because you're an insider in software. If you were in hardware, you would believe the opposite.

Exactly my point, this is a software limitation and not hardware.

It's context dependent. If you manage all hardware as a team, that statement is wrong. However, if this means your hardware integrity can't be guaranteed, you have bigger problems.

I'm pretty sure they're suggesting doing it all in hardware, not more clever software

You're right but I'm a software guy so you should never let me at hardware :)

That I agree with :) It's a business concern, not a technical concern. I've just been told the opposite, so I thought it was a good thing to clarify it!

This is why I always bring up the consideration that the issue is not exactly software vs. hardware whenever I see that discussion.

You're right. I wanted to abstract away from specific hardware and express that in the requirements. I definitely failed at that. See other comments for specifics and details on the device.

Point it out all you want -- it is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.

If said discussion was asserting integrity at a hardware level, you would have a point. But it doesn't do that. There is a reason it is narrowly prescriptive.


They are right. Because it has never been about the compute. It has been about the interface.

When did I say it had to be perfect? All I said was that this is a CPU, not a computer. I even explicitly said that it was "a semantic nitpick".

I'm sorry that you are unable to read.


>starting from the hardware.

There's absolutely no need to start from the hardware. In fact, both hardware and software can and should be done in parallel.


We're talking about function inputs, not system inputs.

Spoken like a dev, not a user. Try using older hardware if you really want to understand the other side.

I don't see how you can develop anything without at least technical clarity on what the components of your system should do.

I agree, for certain types of applications. But as a general statement applying to all types of applications, I disagree strongly.
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