MarkHernandez
Re:Ask HN: How Can We Help Make HN a Better Online Community?
on Sunday October 30, 2011 @01:11PM (#3174805)
Who has time to read the comments when HN blasts us with so many uncategorized articles. Perhaps you should consider what percentage of comments are even read.
Re:Why would Apple Not tweak the A4's instruction set?
on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @05:44PM (#1453296)
I'm wondering then what are the benefits of Apple doing it's own silicon? Perhaps it would be the obvious and what they've actually told us... making the circuitry massively smaller so they can fit in a bigger battery. Hmmmm.
Why would Apple Not tweak the A4's instruction set?
Although Apple's A4 processor in the iPad/iPhone 4 is based on the ARM RISC-type processor, it appears it's instruction set is extensible. With Apple's purchase of PA Semi and Intrinsity, I figured it makes sense that Apple would take advantage of the golden opportunity to tweak their custom silicon for improved performance of Objective-C and the many software layers that ride on it to really...
Re:Ask HN: Looking for a guide to build a PC
on Saturday June 19, 2010 @01:40PM (#1445011)
It's right in front of you, everywhere, even at the supermarket -- MaximumPC magazine, in print and online. It's all there, building machines from $500 to $3000. I'm building a new one right now and picking up all the hints that the experience people will share in their articles even though I've done it many times before.