AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

@cyrilpedia Moderna had a contract with DARPA for rapid vaccine development. If I recall correctly, it essentially accepted the fact that the first soldiers exposed might not survive. It was allegedly for the second line of soldiers. A seemingly cold thought but very practical. It was for responses to new infectious diseases.
It seems to have worked somewhat but I don't think it was fully operational in time for COVID-19.

@thor Don't you know that the government cares enough to follow you home?

@lore Somehow keep the rest of the group sober enough to be productive?

@lupyuen VHDL is tried and true but there's a project that has my attention.

https://adept.eecs.berkeley.edu/projects/chisel3/

@lore Yeah I know the feeling. One area of research required at least a Threadripper with 128 threads and a lot of ram. It's a shame that the University wouldn't fucking cough up the funds. A lot of my research work was done on equipment that I had to buy with my own money. I pushed for open source projects and it was mostly ignored by the department. Someone in the department slipped me a name in Engineering and the last time I checked, they were discussing my old proposals because I impressed them.

I've worked on systems that I could not afford and I was only allowed to do so much because they knew I was a hacker and got past their systems before. I miss it sometimes and people were sad to see me leave. It was hard to feel the same way when it seemed like I was sabotaged and stabbed in the back numerous times. I still can't discuss some of the things I worked on.

@lore The Synth master I spoke to recommend an FPGA or custom hardware. They design custom hardware and that's all they will reveal.

The FPGA equivalent to your DSP is somewhere around 30-50 USD. That's a design rated for industrial and automotive use. It comes with built-in DSP functionally in addition to the FPGA functionality.

If the hardware is solid and capable, you might be able to sell a limited amount as a fully configurable synth. Crowdfunding could be an option to offer a wide range of functionality and capability.

@lore It's an advanced FPGA rated for industrial use. The price is for one unit from Mouser.

@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.

@PawelK @hn100 The Waynes are comedy legends.

The TPM will continue to be problematic for AMD.

@lore Blackfin isn't that much newer than JavaScript. It's odd to think about.