Posts by druck 4108 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Jun 2007
The Intel XScale ARMs were never produced on the same process node as the x86, being aimed at PDAs and low power I/O applications, and in any case were horribly crippled by Intel not understanding the architecture.
With this proper ARM developed Neoverse being produced on a current node, it will be very interesting to compare it with 18A x86s, and see if wipes the floor with them.
If Fujitsu actually cared (presumably this is true in a parallel universe, just not this one) then they would cough up the cash direct to the subpostmasters that reaped the whirlwind of excrement otherwise known as Horizon.
The sub-postmasters have no direct relationship with Fujitsu, so unfortunately any compensation has to go via the Post Office, and it seems they are still unwilling to do the right thing, hence the chief being given his marching orders last week.
Why would they want to move from ARM? RISC V chips are not any cheaper as the discounts from Broadcom's volume production dwarf any notional avoidance of licencing costs. Comparable RISC V chips are currently (and are likely to remain) way behind ARM in performance, both absolute and per watt. Plus starting a new completely incompatible software ecosystem would be a huge amount of effort for no benefit.
There REALLY needs to be a payment ban
You are almost there; it needs to be a ban on the method of payment i.e. crypto currencies.
Without crypto the whole financial model of ransomware (malware creators, ransomware affiliates) and most other forms of online extortion becomes economically unviable to the vast majority of threat actors*.
*That one is for you parrot!
As the article says AI "search" costs 10x as much as conventional search, and AI services are loosing money, so it's going to come down to whoever has the deepest pockets to subsidise it until one two things happens:-
So I reckon google having the most cash to burn will stay on top.
I played the Electron version until I was Elite with 1,000,006.4CR and got the certificate. I was always miffed it was in B/W with no Thargoids, so the first thing I bought my University grant cheque was a BBC Master 128 so I could play in not 4+2 colours but 8+4 colours, and became Elite on that too. I also got the version for the Archimedes A310 when that came out a few years later, but never had the time to become Elite for the 3rd time.
It will help John Deere remotely disable a machine if the owner has done something that JD deems criminal, eg: replacing a headlamp bulb without calling out a JD mechanic.
But they did brick some Ukrainian tractors which were stolen during the invasion and were found being used in Russia, so credit to them for that.
While I appreciate the need for safety, if today's NASA was around back when JFK was making his speech it would a little different:-
"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade century millennium at some point and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard safe."
But that's the point, they would have to leave Russia or Moldova to collect, or spend a considerable amount setting up an international money laundering operation similar to that used by the drugs trade, which is beyond your average ransomware affiliate operator.
Companies should be able to pay ransoms, but crypto currencies should be illegal. The company can leave $20m in used bills in a suitcase under a bridge on the interstate, and the ransomware criminals can come over from Russia (other shitholes exist) and collect it - lets just see how well that works out for them.
