Intel’s Q1 2025 earnings press release talked up their new AI-enabled chips. But these are not selling. [Intel] In the earnings call, CFO Dave Zinsner mentioned they had “capacity constraints in In…
  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    651·
    23 days ago

    There are two things I like:

    • AI grifts failing
    • Cheap aarch64 laptops

    This story has it all!

      • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
        201·
        23 days ago

        Basically:

        Intel, AMD, and Microsoft are all going down a dead-end road called x86_64, especially on portable devices.

        Apple and Google took a turn ages ago, towards an alternative called aarch64. Originally just for phones, but now for everything.

        VR headsets, Raspberry Pis, IoT devices, etc. also tend to run aarch or aarch64.

        Microsoft has been trying to follow suit, but it hasn’t gone well so far. Windows for ARM (the aarch64 version of Windows) is supremely unpopular, for a lot of (mostly good) reasons.

        So people avoid the devices or ditch them because none of their apps run natively. But Microsoft basically has no choice but to keep pushing.

        So the end result is, Microsoft is subsidizing tons of excellent hardware that will never be used for Windows cuz it’s just not ready yet.

        But Linux is!

        Edit:

        Funny thing is, ARM (company behind aarch64) keeps shooting themselves in the foot, to the point where lots of companies are hedging their bets with a dark horse called RISC-V that never had a snowball’s chance in Hell before, but now could possibly win.

        And if Microsoft still hasn’t built a new home on aarch64 by the time that happens, they may accidentally be in the best position to capitalize on it.

        • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
          10·
          22 days ago

          RiscV to CPU is what Linux is to OS

          It will win in the end because closed source corpo trash will always enshitify and erode its market position. Just like micro-shit is the best marketer for Linux

          • aesthelete@lemmy.world
            3·
            22 days ago

            It’s ultimately a war of attrition which is something the quarterly crowd can never reliably win. They’re ziptied to the market while the open alternative can continue to do the hard but necessary work of getting better over time and can stand to be ignored for decades because it’s mostly hobbyists.

            • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
              11·
              22 days ago

              it’s mostly hobbyists.

              I can stay retarded longer than they can stay solvent. There are millions and more people are joining every day!

      • Grappling7155@lemmy.ca
        151·
        23 days ago

        ARM architecture 64 bit. It’s the style of CPU in your phone and MacBooks, known for being energy efficient and it’s performance is getting better too.

        The big downside though is that loads of old Windows apps aren’t going to run on these as effortlessly as they would on conventional x86-64 CPUs from Intel and AMD.

  • mriswith@lemmy.worldEnglish
    371·
    23 days ago

    I thought that was pretty obvious by now? Based on how much the companies are trying force feed people their latest version through constant notifications about assistants, assisted search, etc.

    It’s one of the greatest flaws of relying on social media for market research: Tech-bros being overly loud about things like AI, NFTs, etc. trick companies into thinking more people are interested.

    Now they’ve invested tons of money and people aren’t biting, so they’re constantly nagging people to engage so they can justify their expenditure.

    • YourMomsTrashman@lemmy.world
      3·
      21 days ago

      Facebook still tries to push their metaverse (including shit like branded virtual clothing??) on people using the quest. It’s in your face when you boot up the device and it ““recommends”” me worlds to join from time to time. Brother I just want to play beat saber

  • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca
    251·
    23 days ago

    I’m waiting for all AI “features” to be isolated onto a single chip which I can just reach into the case with a pair of plyers and crush into dust

    • techt@lemmy.world
      72·
      23 days ago

      Then you’d juat have to deal with errors from processes expecting it to be there. Probably better to instead not use software that implements it, which I assume you’re doing anyway.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    23·
    22 days ago

    What benefit is there?

    AI basically takes what I already see in search results and tries to make it a conversational summary. I don’t want a conversation or to read a made-up wiki summary, just give me the correct and pertinent result. Problem is that they put AI first and search result quality has been deteriorating for years, so two wrongs don’t mean forcing it on users is right.

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      22 days ago

      I’m in the same boat. Besides some image generators my kid and I used to create some avatars, I don’t get it. Don’t need a conversation, just give me search results. Don’t waste my time.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    131·
    22 days ago

    The hype around this shit is astounding. That people who make decisions about products from huge brands keep buying in is shocking to me. How can something so useless (to most people) capture the imagination of educated and intelligent people? It’s a sign of how broken capitalism is. Rational thought is replaced by fear of missing out.

    • Spider@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      9·
      22 days ago

      Not educated and intelligent people, wealthy investors.

      We’re sighing at having to build all these features the boss wants and we know they are stupid and we see the lost oppertunity cost that could have been used to improve other things instead. I’m tired and the job market is so ass right now.

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
      8·
      22 days ago

      Most of the concrete value that can be delivered by connecting things to the Internet and simple algorithms has been extracted by silicon valley. The only capital extraction mechanisms left are difficult things that only a government has the capital access to make real progress on (e.g., AGI, advanced robotics, self-driving vehicles, space exploration, etc.) and hyped up garbage that big investment firms think they can extract value out of either the public (through scams like cryptocurrency) or other investors (through LLMs and AI hype) and sell before people figure out that it’s smoke and mirrors.

      We made real progress on the backs of mostly government-funded research projects like DARPA and GPS. The industry was able to optimize and innovate the shit out of the earliest computing breakthroughs where now you have a device in your pocket that can hold several libraries of Congress and beats anything put out in desktop form 20 years ago. But since the tech companies that matter are all giant, there just aren’t ways for them to grow market share (everyone’s their customer) or get many more dollars out of their existing customers. All that is left are scams and bad business practices. That’s why we’re in the golden age of enshittification.

  • Desistance@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    21 days ago

    Leave it to Microsoft to waste yet another effort on things people don’t care about and ignoring the things people do care about.

  • whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    104·
    23 days ago

    Can’t wait to buy a used laptop with an NPU and a bunch of ram for my home lab to run private LLMs on. Just gotta be patient. 🙃