@ekaitz_zarraga I mean, why keep it in a separate die/chip from the CPU

@ekaitz_zarraga tbh the industry trend in all fields is to make everything into SoCs/SiPs, so… hmm I wonder why wouldn’t you try to go that way with the modem

which makes me think

I hope the Pinephone platform matures to a point where everyone can put the motherboard into whatever case they want and, tada, custom phone

Wow. A phone that feels like a true work of love and care.

At a hefty price.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx6GqiSipy8

basically, like a RasPi but DIY phone. That could be neat! :blobcatsip:

@ekaitz_zarraga no, that’s the “mode 7-like” I just mentioned. You can project a 2D plane and then put whatever you want on top.

@ekaitz_zarraga sometimes actual 3D models would be rendered, but it’s always the CPU rendering them

@ekaitz_zarraga nope, just two CPUs, an ARM7TDMI and the Game Boy’s Sharp SM83

No GPU. No FPU. No primitive raycasting or Mode7-like trickery. You use whatever RAM you have wisely to do static calculations with lookup tables. And then the 3D magic happens.

wow

this is probably the coolest port I have ever seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVSLcqGP7g

@ekaitz_zarraga no u :blobcatpeekaboo:

ok there’s finally one vote for Idris, bless you :blobcatheart:

no love for Idris huh? :blobcatderpy:

…wow

That, is, bad. That’s not even climate change, how is this not something people often talk about??????

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/news/fossil-fuel-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-worldwide/

oh

oh wow

https://www.eitb.eus/es/noticias/sociedad/detalle/8511808/las-peores-inundaciones-de-ultimos-tiempos-y-aun-falta-pico-mas-alto-del-ebro/

@ekaitz_zarraga oooo, got anything in particular you could recommend?

@ekaitz_zarraga oh, how much did it get into? Did you learn about how to do stuff like surface passivation with lithography? :blobcatbreadpeek:

oh hey, I’m learning stuffs!

so I’ve been thinking about metasurface cameras and how they’re made out of silicon, and how people don’t realize silicon is glass, so glass must be doing fancy electrical stuff in both cases

and then I watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_otIs6z6E