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Re:Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FP... by imtringued on Monday September 29, 2025 @04:54AM (#45411639)
Not just that, their device "z1060" doesn't exist outside this blog post. We literally don't know what it is.
Re:Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FP... by adapteva on Monday September 29, 2025 @08:25AM (#45412834)
Re:Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FP... by someguydave on Monday September 29, 2025 @10:38AM (#45414394)
ah so this is misdirection - what they are really showcasing is their own new FPGA asic
Re:Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FP... by amluto on Monday September 29, 2025 @11:24AM (#45414984)
They’re showcasing their open-source stack, built on existing tools, for their own FPGA.

Imagine if, 25 years ago, a company had designed a new CPU ISA and core and, as part of the development process, ported GCC and done a nice job tuning the existing optimization passes, with the intention of the GCC port being the primary toolchain that commercial users would use. They could write a blog post about it, and it would have been great. Maybe they even would have acknowledged in the blog post that the stack included binutils :)

Re:Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FP... by adapteva on Monday September 29, 2025 @05:33PM (#45419024)
Thank you, comment made my day:-)
Re:Zero ASIC releases Wildebeest, the highest performance FP... by someguydave on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @07:34PM (#45444874)
in that case, such a company would be wise to include the fact that the "z1060" is a new CPU instead of failing to even mention what it is in their "new GCC port" press release page