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The AMD Radeon Instinct MI300A's Giant Memory Subsystem

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212 points pella | 2 comments | 18 Jan 25 12:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.44s | source
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amelius ◴[18 Jan 25 14:44 UTC] No.42748716[source]▶
I'm curious why this space hasn't been patented to death.
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hedora ◴[18 Jan 25 14:50 UTC] No.42748756[source]▶
It has been. All sides have a pile of patents. All sides violate all the other sides’ patents. If anyone sues, everyone goes out of business.

This is the system working as currently intended. No matter what happens, the lawyers get will rich.

If a small company comes in and doesn’t pay the lawyers, it’ll get sued for violating the patents.

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yvdriess ◴[18 Jan 25 15:39 UTC] No.42749109[source]▶
Yep, it's an area denial weapon.

You basically cannot do anything worthwhile in this space without violating someone's patents. It's beneficial patent and corporate lawyers, but it's detrimental to innovation. As an engineer you are asked to not look up existing techniques or designs as this will taint you legally.

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1. kmeisthax ◴[18 Jan 25 17:18 UTC] No.42749781[source]▶
"Tainting" isn't a thing in patent law. All engineers worldwide are tainted the moment the patent is published; that's why parallel reinvention is not a defense to patent infringement.
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2. lhl ◴[18 Jan 25 18:01 UTC] No.42750076[source]▶
But you pay triple damages if you knowingly vs unknowingly violate a patent (35 U.S.C. § 284). Of course, everything is patented, so, engineers are just told to not read patents.