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Re:Mill Computing in 2017 by CalChris on Thursday January 12, 2017 @09:54AM (#13382622)
Bringup is when you throw everything together and that means that you have everything to throw together. It's like that Johnny Cash song, One Piece At A Time.

  Now, up to now my plan went all right
  'Til we tried to put it all together one night
  And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
That's bringup. Compiler development ain't part of bringup. They could/should have been doing an LLVM backend using a software simulator (and eventually an FPGA simulator) which is the traditional approach handed down from our knuckledragger forefathers and going back decades.

Still, I truly wish them well. It beats the crap out of 99% of the YC startups I see. The 37th recommendation engine, a webstore for sneakerheads, ...

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Re:Mill Computing in 2017 by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday January 12, 2017 @10:14AM (#13382788)
They uh, are already doing an LLVM backend for a software simulator? The FPGA work is its own project.
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Re:Mill Computing in 2017 by notacoward on Thursday January 12, 2017 @10:50AM (#13383121)
The bringup process includes all the stuff leading up to that final moment, just like most other processes - e.g. release process - include the stuff leading up to a conclusion. The quibble really wasn't very constructive.
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Re:Mill Computing in 2017 by CalChris on Thursday January 12, 2017 @11:08AM (#13383330)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit_development...

"After a design is created, taped-out and manufactured, actual hardware, 'first silicon', is received which is taken into the lab where it goes through bringup. Bringup is the process of powering, testing and characterizing the design in the lab."

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Re:Mill Computing in 2017 by notacoward on Thursday January 12, 2017 @12:02PM (#13383923)
Well, sorry, but I worked with a whole lot of people who were designing, verifying, and building that processor, and they used "bringup" for the entire process. I was part of that process myself. Actual experience counts for more than argumentum ad wikipedia. Also, even if the word was wrong, that matters far less than the context in which it was used. Dictionary flames are the last refuge of someone with nought worthwhile to say.
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Re:Mill Computing in 2017 by Gracana on Thursday January 12, 2017 @10:51AM (#13383141)
The "Software" section of the article says they did exactly the things you suggest they should do.
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