There's really no reason to not open source as much of the car as possible at this point. I recently read up on the Fisker Ocean and it was an absolute clusterfuck. Not even kidding, the car would suddenly lose power while it was being driven. I doubt the car owners are going to manage fixing the car on their own, so the best option is to make it possible for people to obtain parts and actually fix problems.

From what I read, it seems like there is at least one race condition in the ECU which means you need real talent taking a look. I wouldn't be surprised if they just plopped FreeRTOS on it, made drivers that worked independently and assumed conflicts wouldn't occur.

I'm hopeful that this is the final nail in the coffin.

.
it will be much easier to recover all the material when we finally switch to solid-state batteries.

Frankly, it seems like more companies should be researching solid-state batteries and manufacturing instead continuing on the existing liquid electrolyte batteries because of just how much better they will be. Alas, "we'll just maximize profits and wait for someone else to do the work" rules the day.

Seems REALLY unlikely consider the new CEO just ditched the process that they have invested billions into.

This is a weird mixed signal type thing. Are you saying they cant compete or that they can? The problem faced isn't computational power, it's energy efficiency. This is where x86_64 falls flat.

This makes the assumption that capacity isn't already being sufficiently expanded. However, I'm sure with lower-end chips, that some would go with Intel's fab but Apple's stuff is rather high-end. I put it in the "unlikely but not impossible" category.

You do realize that I started that with "for the sake of argument," right? It should be clear that this was a hypothetical.

I thought it was common knowledge but 3.25 years isn't very long in the terms of microfabrication. It takes a minimum of one year to get a new chip fabbed. Adapting to a new fab process is going to add another year simply for redesign, testing, optimization, etc. Presuming negotiations take until the end of 2025 and Apple agrees, it will be 2028 before the first Intel fabbed chip is ready. Which leaves only a single year of Trump being in office. I doubt Apple will see all that effort and expense as being to benefit.

It would be much easier for Apple to simply wait him out or even better, drag out negotiations, get the accolades, make a "plan" from an easily duped President, delay the "plan", and then when he's on his way out, cancel the "plan" due to "shifts in the market".

A) For the sake of argument, let's say Apple say, "screw power consumption, we'll use Intel". You should remember that Apple is a huge jerk, just like all other publicly traded companies. This means they would need to get a sweet deal on manufacturing prices and they would totally dump intel the moment that changed. Intel would make very little on such an arrangement.

B) I know TSMC is backlogged but I do not believe that Apple is in a rush. I could see them maybe* using Intel for advanced testing but it seems like they have already worked through the bugs in their current architecture. Even if they did, it wouldn't be the significant investment.

* Doing this would require redoing the layout for another fab process which could limit the usefulness in testing and would cost money.

I don't see how Intel has an edge in any of this. If anything, Apple could try to use Intel to leverage getting fab work done cheaper at TSMC. However, given that TSMC is backlogged without a real competitor, I don't see that working.

I don't think we're there yet but I am aware of the military capabilities (that are known to the public). However, you should remember that even the US military isn't invincible. Despite efforts, their "green zone" was not the safe haven from violence that they wanted it to be.

However, violence isn't an effective solution to these problems unless your plan is a genocide of the rich. Even then, you need new safeguards to prevent a recurrence. I know it looks grim now but we will eventually be OK.

Considering how Apple has been been progressing this seems like a desperate move by Intel. They are throwing out FUD in hopes that Apple will cave. However, if TSMC goes dark then everyone is fucked. Trump isn't going to be in power much longer, so that's a not a winning argument either. I'm telling you, this smacks of desperation.

Everything depends on balance. If things become too unbalanced then not even a militarized police force can save you from an angry mob.

Besides, violence is stupid when there are such better ways to approach the problem.

This is a problem that solves itself. If VMware isn't in your price range then STOP USING IT. Problem solved.

THEN STOP USING IT!

Why would you wait to be forced when you can simply make the transition on your own terms right now? STOP USING IT!

The funny thing is that companies expect IT admins to be super flexible and learn new systems as needed but it seems these people who are teaching it are unwilling to adapt.

THEN STOP USING IT!

What the hell is wrong with this guy?! He knows the answer but he seems to be fighting tooth an nail to keep from recognizing that the school district should stop using VMware products!

Well, I hope they are as delicious as they are greedy because not everyone going to simply starve to death to enable their greed.

So... no change, eh? :)

Yeah, I'm sure Libertarians see the Goa'uld as merely minding their own business when a group of "law breakers" started messing up their operations. A very "what business is it of Earth's to disrupt their societies" approach, while completely disregards the fact that they were all genocidal tyrants that enslaved people as they saw fit.