Truth. I was a bit surprised that King Musk allowed Trump to sit at his (Musk's, not Trump's) desk a few nights ago, but then again, maybe Musk is allowing Trump to present to the U.S. populace that Cheeto Benito is still somewhat in charge. But the body language that evening, to me, was definitely giving off Trump is the assistant vibes.

We'll find out during the mid-terms if Americans are okay with this new normal. You've seen it right here in the comments on Slashdot, some conservatives are quite satisfied because they're getting exactly what they think they want. Never mind that it might not produce the desired outcome and how it will really make them miserable when some Democrat president comes along and conducts their newfound authority in the same manner.

I guess my question is... why the fuck do we need a chip like that in an hdmi adapter

The protocol for video over lightning requires compressing the video down, so inside the adapter is a little Apple SoC that runs iOS on it. Its primary purpose is to decompress the video being sent to it over Lightning.

Lightning didn't have enough bandwidth to carry video so that's what they did to support it. If the content is say, app content then there's significant black space that simply doesn't have to be sent so the video data can carry more app content, and the adapter handles the necessary scaling/stretching and black bars.

Of course, one needs to realize it was introduced in 2012, when USB2 was basically the fastest interface around, and lightning didn't offer much more than that in bandwidth. It's possible the lightning altmodes inspired the USB-C altmode as well.

That's not why Lightning can't do those things. It's because it would have been incompatible with Apple's DRM chip in the cable, which is the reason why Lightning is crap in general. As you note, you could already do it with Micro when Lightning was announced. What most people don't know is that Type C was also brought to the USB-IF before any devices with Lightning were released... And Apple is a member of the USB-IF.

Nope. Apple made a custom asic to make the lives of third parties harder

I guess my question is... why the fuck do we need a chip like that in an hdmi adapter

That didn't end well for the Asgard.

ok just read the second sentence. They are infertile. I retract my statement, and will return to cleaning the dishes.

iMac G4

I've worked with supporting commercial-grade embedded systems that would now fall under the 'IoT' banner now, predominantly things like HVAC controls and other energy management stuff.

I categorically would not use something from Apple in my house, simply because my appliances are on a much longer lifecycle than anything Apple produces or supports. I'm not going to put in a system that Apple might provide all of five years of support and updates for to interface with systems that have a reasonable service-life of 20 years.

It's already problematic enough with many commercial-grade control systems falling behind the curve on things like WiFi protocol, don't get me started on the number of new products that are still only 802.11b/g/n compatible, but at least most of those devices also still support twisted-pair Ethernet. I would be astounded if Apple or Android products intended as embedded IoT systems even do Ethernet anymore.

I may have to get into repairing amplifiers like a guy I talked to recently.

This is going to increase the value of the old equipment

No. It's just a matter of courtesy. You want me to test your AI? Fine. IF I want it, I'll turn it on. Don't force me to test it.
BTW, linking to Apple won't fool anyone. What are the chances some big_corp is going to come clean and admint doing something fishy?

Really, a video? At least link to the legal terms of use where it is stated... otherwise it's just marketing.

And the fucking switch should be OFF by default.

So you tested all of the components? Every resistor? Every capacitor? Figured out why they like to cake on thermal paste, or why they put a 41v line right next to a ttl line so that even the tiniest peice of lint that gets inside might permanently damage the SoC?

No? Well then what the hell are you going on about? So far all you've talked about is basically how shiny you think it is.