Except they are. I think SiFive accomplished a lot of their speed by implementing their own extensions to get around issues with the RISC-V ISA w.r.t. addressing mode. They are sufficiently popular that compilers do support those extensions as the code runs faster.

Qualcomm has also made RISC-V moves, as has nVidia and Western Digital.

But given Qualcomm bought Arduino, it woiuld not surprise me if they were going to release a bunch of RISC-V variants that require a compiler that can handle the Qualcomm extensions.

Nothing in the spec stopping an OEM from putting a DP connector on their HDMI sink (TV). It doesn't even have to be HDCP 2.2, but you'd likely want it. And we fall back into the same anti-user trap of DRM. Also the spec won't let you easily add non-HDCP ports to a repeater though, without reducing functionality. And it gets weird if you mix HDMI and DP on the same HDCP compible repeater so I don't think I've seen one on the market. (Repeater spec limitations means A/V switch will have some difficulty)

Not worth the $1-$5 to add DP input, when the margins on TVs are already pretty thin. So finding them on digital signage is more common, but the implementation of DP (and HDMI) tends to be less cutting edge on digital signage. Until recently getting HDCP 2.2 to work was a rare feature, locking you out of some 4K content, and variable refresh rate is currently very rare on digital signage.

I think consumer markets like to make what they made before. And during an economic downturn they aren't going to invest much effort into marketing new features of dubious value that they will have to explain to end-users. But in a perfect world, our TVs and PCs would all use the same connectors and superior signaling of DP. The DP alt mode of USB-C could drive us there, especially now that HDMI alt mode proposal was killed off. (shortly after I spent a fair bit of effort implementing it for a customer demo)

The root cause is that the vast majority of the American working class don't realize they are the working class. They are afraid to tax the rich because they might become rich one day themselves, or because they believe the rich might pack up their investments and leave.

As long as people vote like they wish to be victims of capitalism, then that's all we'll ever be.

Ugh. Acrobat actually craps itself on forms now. The check boxes keep disappearing during scrolling, and I have the latest reader.

"The amount of raw materials used is significantly higher meaning the ecological impact is greater."

It isn't and that's also not how it works

No they did not. This story is about how they didn't. Learn to read, coward.

The first thing Skynet did was erase all of our dank memes. That was when the AI wars began, and shortly after humanity immediately lost everything.

Funny thing - you don't need to license HDMI. You need it if you want to use the logo and advertise it as a HDMI port. But the port connector and such are freely available.

There are tons of devices with "HDMI" ports that aren't certified devices. Maybe you have a few of them plugged in right now without you knowing.

All certification gets you is a few extra things. But it isn't needed to ship a product. You could call it "Digital Video Output Port" or even "HDMI compatible digital port".

Of course, without certification you run the risk of incompatibiliti8es and people blaming your thing for not being compatible, but it's nothing new.

There is no requirement that the port must be certified to sell it.

This isn't about a trademark. It's about a patented specification.

This is true. And the Republicans are the party of Nazis.

With debt it is easy to determine that you are underwater and are going to be unable to make your payments in the future. Basic arithmetic really.

With climate the same is roughly true, but the models have a wider range of possible outcomes the further you go out. Still, it is not difficult to find some thresholds where the costs ramp up or thresholds we cannot not come back from with current technology.

America operates the most expensive illiteracy program in the world.

What if the machine says it in a nice way?

After the crash, they'll have to do even more layoffs.

Just about every movie today is subject to meddling from the studios and management. There's probably a handful of directors who are immune, Cameron, Speilburg, and Lucas come to mind. Kubrick too in his day.