@lore I'm sure they would happily sell and answer questions. Pretty sure it would have to pass through China and not get seized. Idk you might get a few less chips than ordered with a note to not say anything about the missing chips and financial incentives to do as the note says. Maybe China buys those systems directly from Russia and it doesn't fit China 2025 guidelines.
@thor Does any of your work have the potential to benefit the black liquid stuff that comes from the earth? If it does then maybe you can find some benefactors.
Dr. Shulgin got to play with chemicals of a certain type after his eco-friendly pesticide made it to market. I believe they paid him well to go away. Yes his work was very impressive and legal but could you take our name off your reports on mind-blowing amphetamines?
@lore How does 130 Eurobux sound for a FPGA with built-in DSP functionally and 54k LUT4s? It's a lot cheaper if you only need 20k LUT4s. I love Shenzhen.
@lore What would Moog do?
@lore PKK Milandir 1901ВЦ1Т might be a suitable or the Elbrus-90. The only problem is that they are Russian and the latter is used in the S-400 Missile Systems. Otherwise they should be able to kick AD to the curb for a lower cost.
Oddly enough I can't find Chinese equivalents. If you are willing to use a FPGA, I can possibly find something that is much closer to an acceptable price.
@thor I was doing research work for a University alongside a doctor but I didn't get any real benefits other than being highly regarded. The most successful research work I did was included in a friend's publication.
The University wouldn't even consider me despite my works. I did research work for them for around two years. None of the research was able to be completed due to lack of funds but I was promised to have my name directly next to the PhD's name. That goes back to when I was just a Mathematician assisting with something I found interesting.
My advice is this, start crowd funding accounts and self publish. You might have the opportunity to work with some very impressive people in the future. You aren't a hack and you seem to be a bit of a polymath. Give it time and remain flexible. I wouldn't recommend this if I didn't think you were capable.
@lore @PawelK When combined with the right components, they will rip and tear through data like nothing else. It can be a coprocessor when needed.
My FPGAs have capable MCUs onboard. RISC-V single core freaks with DSP functionally. Ideally I would be working with around four times the LUTS but it was the strongest available. It does have the Sodimm DDR3 form so I could potentially just use 4 of them. It's a rather strong performer. I think it's got around 1gb of quick memory.
Performance wise, it might be around the same as the Blackfin. I believe it can recreate a similar performing core and run an RTOS. Approximately 20k LUTs with decent memory speeds and capacity is nothing to sneeze at. A Mister FPGA could stomp it out but that's about it for lower end hardware.
@thor Hyperfocus. I know the feeling.
@lore Blackfin isn't that much newer than JavaScript. It's odd to think about.
Transmeta Crusoe: Very long instruction word (VLIW)
https://tedium.co/2023/04/26/transmeta-crusoe-processor-history/
@thendrix As long as they don't have blacklights, their customer base should be okay.
@thendrix In the Navy you can trust your fellow man.
@lcruggeri @lupyuen Schizophrenia.
"Reddit doesn't have to identify eight anonymous users who wrote comments in Piracy-related threads"
@lore I have a friend from there. They were once an infamous criminal but are now an honest tradesman.
@thor I have heard rumors of restaurants lacing food with methamphetamine. I'm pretty sure it's just the cooks being on a higher plane of existence that makes the food better.
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.