Intel Xe (abbreviation for "exascale for everyone"[2]), earlier known unofficially as Gen12, is a GPU architecture developed by Intel.
I'm wondering if this is for the one of the graphics cards he uses for AI.
I waited a LONG time for Microsoft to screw up Notepad but they did it. For some reason, they seemed very resistant to screw up the task manager but I see now that they are finally moving in the right direction! The last step is for them to add a "let Co-pilot manage my processes" button for the enshitification to be complete! I believe in Microsoft's ability to intentionally harm their users. Don't disappoint me MS!
Why are they not a good idea?
Touch screen in particular are a bad idea as they require you look at them. However, decked out entertainment systems only serve to distract the driver from the task at hand.
You don't like advanced safety features?
LOL! NONE of those rely on something as finicky as DDR memory.
Navigation system that actually function?
Those aren't part of what make the car operate but rather an add-on. I have an old Garmin GPS device with updated map data in my car and it works fine.
Also this is largely irrelevant now. Modern safety standards all but mandate we computers in cars.
That's fine, I have no problem with ECUs. The problem I have is these idiotic and distracting entertainment systems. Conflating the two does not help your argument.
They aren't massive. It's a tiny system on a chip.
I didn't mean the literal physical size but the computation power and expansive (and poorly tested) firmwares. If you want to bicker about using more precise language then I would point out that I correctly pointed out that they have mass.
As for the rest of the computers and software that's why you're able to drive a car.
I am aware of this and that it takes a minimal amount of computing to run the entire car which is done on a robust MCU. Considering I drive an EV, that computing power could be even lower because it's distributed to individual components which means the ECU does only slightly more than manage communications and driver input. The total number of tasks do not need much memory or computation power. I'm not joking when I say that it can be managed using an 20MHz 8-bit MCU with 64KB of flash memory and 2KB of RAM.
Cheaper DDR4 memory would probably work just fine in most cars.
The issue is that DDR4 production is winding down and thus the price for that is also inflated. To compound matters, which RAM types they can use is dependent on the CPU being used. This isn't an simple fix and they contract out all the work for the car entertainment systems.
I think they will simply adapt an existing designs for a few years until DDR5 become obtainable since a new RAM production factory is expected to open in 2028.
That overhead whoosh wasn't from a Pinto exploding, it was the joke flying over your head.
If they find water it will certainly put them at the forefront of moon science.
By the way, those articles seem fine. The first two are well established history at this point.
Just because it is sold cheap doesn't mean it isn't valuable. It may just be that people who value it don't know it exists, or it isn't available due to international shipping, or they won't start looking for years to come.
That's why I get scanned books onto the Internet Archive. Maybe nobody will care, but maybe someone will 10 or 100 years from now.
Competition is usually good. YouTube has been rapidly enshittifying, and there isn't really any alternative.
You can have both physical controls and a big screen. I like having a big screen for Android Auto, but wouldn't give up the buttons for other functions either.
Some of that stuff is good. Autopilot systems that actually work are great for long distance driving. You need some compute power for Android Auto/Carplay, and having a built in sat nav can be useful too. Remote management of air conditioning and charging are very nice to have.
Of course BMW's ads and other bullshit would be enough for me to return the car. My car has physical buttons for key functions too.
If they do find ice there, it's going to be huge. And an issue for the US, because everyone wants to go look there, but if the Chinese find it first it will be politically difficult to justify following their lead.
Unfortunately cooperation is too much to hope for, but it looks likely that China will get boots on the ground there before 2030 either way.
they could stop putting massive computers inside of cars. I don't know which idiots thought these systems were a good idea but I think they are worst development since the Pinto introduced an integrated detonator switch into the bumper.
When you don't know what you are doing, do it neatly.
