fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoRussian Chipmaker Baikal Goes Bankrupt, Assets Valued at Only $5 Millionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down17
arrow-up1382arrow-down1external-linkRussian Chipmaker Baikal Goes Bankrupt, Assets Valued at Only $5 Millionwww.tomshardware.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 years agoThe problem is: They don’t actually produce anything. They are fabless.
minus-squaremisterundercoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoNo, baby. You’re fabulous.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWait, then what DO they do?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThey design the chips and the software needed to work with it. They write the code in a HDL (Hardware Definition Language) and test them in simulation runs, and when everything works, they synthesize the chips’ masks from it.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoOh, ok. So like an architect makes the blueprint and then sends it off to the engineers to build.
The problem is: They don’t actually produce anything. They are fabless.
No, baby. You’re fabulous.
Wait, then what DO they do?
They design the chips and the software needed to work with it. They write the code in a HDL (Hardware Definition Language) and test them in simulation runs, and when everything works, they synthesize the chips’ masks from it.
Oh, ok. So like an architect makes the blueprint and then sends it off to the engineers to build.
Exactly.