byran

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attempt the impossible.

GitHub: @byrantech

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Comment · 8 months ago

This would be a very interesting future. I can imagine Gemma 5 Mini running locally on hardware, or a hard-coded "AI core" like an ALU or media processor that supports particular encoding mechanisms like H.264, AV1, etc.

Other than the obvious costs (but Taalas seems to be bringing back the structured ASIC era so costs shouldn't be that low [1]), I'm curious why this isn't getting much attention from larger companies. Of course, this wouldn't be useful for training models but as the models further improve, I can totally see this inside fully local + ultrafast + ultra efficient processors.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_ASIC_platform

Comment · 10 months ago

Thank you for the mention! Didn't expect to see myself here haha - Byran

Comment · 1 year ago

The price difference could be explained by LCSC purchasing in bulk directly from TI or similar and selling them at lower margins because their volumes are larger. I've seen "clone" chips sold at LCSC, but they're listed under a different brand (I can't recall one off memory unfortunately).

Comment · 1 year ago

Hey HN, this past summer I went to NextPCB's factory and toured the facility. I asked questions from a variety of creators to factory workers at random.

Interviewing PCB Factory Workers youtube.com

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Comment · 1 year ago

Thank you so so much!! I’m shocked and incredibly grateful. HN <3

Comment · 1 year ago

Yup, all the software except the blobs for the SoC, display FW, and trackpad FW (since it's COTS) are open source! If I wanted to have those open-source, the entire machine would take a huge performance hit. I think of striking a balance.

The entire linux install is OSS, the keyboard is in ZMK, and the EC firmware is written in Arduino.

Comment · 1 year ago

I've met amazing people throughout my journey thus far, but no. I have no background in engineering, but my parents have always been supportive. I started falling in love with it in 9th grade with keyboards + ZMK!

Comment · 1 year ago

Thank you redbell! It truly means a lot. I'm incredibly grateful of the reception and the support from everyone. HN <3

Comment · 1 year ago

I have the R&D BOM in a link below [1]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17arbJvPqW6koqEJwAzne...

Thanks.

Comment · 1 year ago

Comment · 1 year ago

Woah! That would be amazing! I sent you an email just now. Thank you so much for this opportunity!!

Comment · 1 year ago

Thank you so much for your kind words!

Comment · 1 year ago

Hey Nirav, super super honored that you saw this! I've always looked up to you guys for inspiration and guidance. Thank you for the offer! Although I probably won't be mass-producing open-source laptops like you (i have a framework 16!), I would love to meet you. Would that be possible?