From the URL:<p>"Instead of starting from a sequential design, we’re building our processor to have thousands of cores operating in parallel. This requires moving beyond the notion of shared mutable memory and linear instruction sequences. To make this possible, we’re working in tandem on the open-source language Vine, which has been designed from the beginning to target a new wave of parallel-first architectures."<p>I wish them well but from their Vine language docs:<p>"For example, a < b < c is equivalent to (a < b) & (b < c)"<p>So how do you parallelize that? You can run the first part on 2 cores in parallel, but there is still a single check, a single cache, a single CPU for this to go through to complete the operation, right?
I always wonder where will x86 be in 10 or 20 years time. As data paths widen for SIMD, how many can they possibly cram even more generations of wider and wider groups of instruction with different opcodes and characteristics.
Do you remember the 1990s everlasting arguments about RISC vs CISC? There were so many arguments (online and magazines) saying that "soon" RISC would eat CISC. And yet, it never happened. I'll be dead before the demise of x86. More likely: The computing landscape will get <i>more</i> complex. Probably ARM will become a legitimate competitor to x86 outside of handheld computing, and RISC V will become a legitimate competitor to ARM for single board and handheld computing.
Isn't this basically a GPU?
> This requires moving beyond the notion of shared mutable memory and linear instruction sequences.
Yep, and they're probably simulating/emulating their CPU design on GPUs already.
How will this be better than RISC V?
TL;DR: it's basically Niagara/GreenArrays/etc again.<p>Not sure why this one will succeed where its forebears didn't.
Have you seen the new CPU architecture? It's on Mill. It's literally on Transputer. It's on Rock with Sun. It's literally on AMULET. You can probably find it on Itanium. Dude it's on Tesla. It's a CDC STAR original. It's on E1. You can program it on E1. You can go to E1 and program it. Get onto E1 right now. Go to E1. Dive into E1. You can E1 it. It's on E1. E1 has it for you. E1 has it for you.<p>In all seriousness congratulations on finding $30 million to launder and lose immediately. Hope your Porsche runs good.
> Sources say that the company is already discussing a fast follow-up raise that would potentially value the firm at more than $1 billion. Neither round has previously been reported. Benchmark declined to comment.<p><a href="https://www.newcomer.co/p/scoop-benchmark-backs-early-stage" rel="nofollow">https://www.newcomer.co/p/scoop-benchmark-backs-early-stage</a><p>VC is such a meme lmao. What’s next, Sam gonna acquire the company? No product needed!
let's re-do the OS too. we only need about 10 syscalls. authorization is totally backwards (look how android runs a user per process).
Was about time we had another Transmeta.
Bet you they will turn into yet another ML accelerator company within the year.
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