points by tokepi 3 days ago | 0 comments
If the specs seem outdated, it’s because this chip launched in 2024. It’s available at cloud providers including Cirrascale
[–] jauntywundrkind 3 days ago
[–] redanddead 3 days ago
> I'm starting to believe in Qualcomm
Someone drop the YouTube link of their robot presentation
[–] gleenn 3 days ago
The way it drops is priceless.
[–] 3eb7988a1663 3 days ago
Those guys were fast on the draw to cover the body with those sheets.
[–] a012 3 days ago
He’s hired to follow the robot and put the sheet on it whenever it’s dropped down to the floor
[–] wojciii 3 days ago
The way that manager looks like he thinks the robot can recover from collapse is the priceless part here.
[–] Rohansi 3 days ago
> tri-channel on-package (!) memory good for 228 GB/s
Why is on-package memory impressive/better in this case? It's one channel more than your typical consumer x86 system (192-bit bus vs 128-bit) which is something but you could technically have quad channel with two LPCAMM2 sockets?
[–] jauntywundrkind 3 days ago
As a computer engineer, I can barely state how excited I am for systems with high bandwidth where I don't have to route gobs and gobs of very high speed ram.
It's radically simpler and smaller a computer to build. That has huge upsides. For laptops maybe this isn't a huge win, but for tablets and smaller computers, this is such an incredible win. And for making it simpler to build computers, to expand the range of who can make systems? It's everything.
[–] Rohansi 2 days ago
Small devices are the best use case for on package memory, yes. But at the same time I don't know of any that go beyond a 128-bit bus. Most are 64-bit.
[–] rpcope1 3 days ago
Given the rush to dig MI50s and V100s out of the trash and press them into service, 2024 seems like future space alien technology.
[–] eyegor 3 days ago
Holy cow the v100s go for like $1k on ebay now... They were selling for $100 or less a couple years ago.
I'm starting to believe in Qualcomm! The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is alas only available in a single system, with it's tri-channel on-package (!) memory good for 228 GB/s. But it's a beast. The core is just good, even in the mainstream form in other systems: some of the best single core performance you can get, shy of Apple.
And they are upstreaming their stuff much better! They hired a bunch of really good known FOSS developers and it seems to be working!
Now they are talking up High Bandwidth Compute as their next big thing. And I want to believe, even if it makes me nervous that they too intend to leave consumer computing completely in the dust. https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/11/qualcomm-hbc-valid...
This is, as commented, at M4 Max levels of GB/s. It is not impressive. It has some uses! But if this was their modern opening salvo I would not be impressed.