Re:$30M Raised to Redo the CPU
by CyberDildonics on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:32AM
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You can not agree or 'submit for this class of problem' all you want, but the fact is that now and for a long time getting the most math instructions out of the smallest die size doesn't seem to be a problem.
Realistically in most applications you can get far more processing power than you need because of clock speeds, modern architectures, transistor budgets etc.
A disposable vape can have an arm cortex m0 that runs at 24 mhz and a $1 pi pico can have a dual core m0 that can run at 133 mhz to 200 mhz.
If you want raw math you can use SIMD or a GPU model and if you need single core power you need out of order execution to hide the memory latency, because that's the real bottleneck for the last 30 years.
These multiple tiny cpu core models just don't make sense to solve any real problem and they create a lot with their complexity and latency trying to communicate with each other.
There just isn't some bizarre niche that needs more math instructions with less power consumption. People have all they need even without being efficient. If someone needs more they turn to writing actual optimized software.
Realistically in most applications you can get far more processing power than you need because of clock speeds, modern architectures, transistor budgets etc.
A disposable vape can have an arm cortex m0 that runs at 24 mhz and a $1 pi pico can have a dual core m0 that can run at 133 mhz to 200 mhz.
If you want raw math you can use SIMD or a GPU model and if you need single core power you need out of order execution to hide the memory latency, because that's the real bottleneck for the last 30 years.
These multiple tiny cpu core models just don't make sense to solve any real problem and they create a lot with their complexity and latency trying to communicate with each other.
There just isn't some bizarre niche that needs more math instructions with less power consumption. People have all they need even without being efficient. If someone needs more they turn to writing actual optimized software.