fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRussian Chipmaker Baikal Goes Bankrupt, Assets Valued at Only $5 Millionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down16
arrow-up1347arrow-down1external-linkRussian Chipmaker Baikal Goes Bankrupt, Assets Valued at Only $5 Millionwww.tomshardware.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74arrow-down1·1 year agoThe tech is apparently so outdated that it’s next to worthless. What’s the $5m for? Funeral arrangements?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 year agoOffice equipment. Maybe some nice PCs and servers.
minus-squaremisterundercoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoMaybe I can score a herman miller chair
minus-squareli10@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoMight as well sell it on storage wars. Open the office door, let people take a peak, then they essentially gamble as to whether there’s anything of value and bid on it.
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minus-squareZILtoid1991@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoYou might can use their equipment for manufacturing legacy products.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoThe problem is: They don’t actually produce anything. They are fabless.
minus-squaremisterundercoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoNo, baby. You’re fabulous.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWait, then what DO they do?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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-up4·1 year agoOh, ok. So like an architect makes the blueprint and then sends it off to the engineers to build.
The tech is apparently so outdated that it’s next to worthless. What’s the $5m for? Funeral arrangements?
Office equipment. Maybe some nice PCs and servers.
Maybe I can score a herman miller chair
Might as well sell it on storage wars.
Open the office door, let people take a peak, then they essentially gamble as to whether there’s anything of value and bid on it.
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Ain’t no thang bb gurl 👍
You might can use their equipment for manufacturing legacy products.
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.
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