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Re:Jeff Dean Responds to EDA Industry about AlphaChip by dogleg77 on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @11:16AM (#42307781)
No, it doesn't suggest that. Complaints are often dismissed on technicalities or because they are written poorly.

Google claimed their new algorithm as a breakthrough. If this were the so, the algorithm would have helped design chips in many different cases. Now, the defense is that it only works for some inputs, and those inputs cannot be shared. This is not a serious defense and looks like a coverup.

Re:Jeff Dean Responds to EDA Industry about AlphaChip by wholehog on Saturday December 07, 2024 @10:16AM (#42350302)
Three generations of TPU, Axion (ARM-based CPU), various other chips at AlphaBet, MediaTek's usage...