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GlobalFoundries to Acquire MIPS

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228 points mshockwave | 5 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:57 UTC | HN request time: 1.007s | source
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somanyphotons ◴[08 Jul 25 17:38 UTC] No.44502235[source]▶
Suddenly another company that has (old?) fabs and a cpu design team in-house

This could be interesting to see how much they try to loss-lead to get market share in the low-end

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kragen ◴[08 Jul 25 17:51 UTC] No.44502358[source]▶
GF's fabs aren't that old. They were neck-and-neck with TSMC until 02018, when they could do 12nm: https://web.archive.org/web/20190107061855/https://www.v3.co...
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silisili ◴[09 Jul 25 06:22 UTC] No.44506840[source]▶
In terms of years, not that old.

In terms of process, it's ancient.

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1. MangoToupe ◴[09 Jul 25 09:11 UTC] No.44507818[source]▶
Eh if humanity had to revert to 12nm nothing would noticeably get worse
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2. kragen ◴[09 Jul 25 09:59 UTC] No.44508067[source]▶
Cellphones would, servers would, not much else.
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3. MangoToupe ◴[09 Jul 25 10:57 UTC] No.44508451[source]▶
I, personally, am not doing much with my phone i wasn't doing 10 years ago, which about lines up with a 16nm process. I think the camera is the only thing I'd really notice.
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4. kragen ◴[09 Jul 25 14:39 UTC] No.44510595{3}[source]▶
Well, and all the internet services you use via the phone going away. Not sure about 5G.
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5. MangoToupe ◴[09 Jul 25 16:27 UTC] No.44511944{4}[source]▶
I don't really use much aside from apple music, which was buggy but was released almost exactly 10 years ago, and apple photos, which was already a thing. Google was already circling the drain, so I suppose that's a good point.

5G wasn't really that necessary, although I know it's critical as a broadband replacement for many people.

I would miss TikTok, of course.