Re: IBM - New SUB-Nanometer STACKED Chip

On 6/30/26 19:37, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:18:47 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     IBM may have just built the Final Chip, so to speak. Better stuff
>>     will have to use very different technologies.
> 
> IBM hasn't really built anything in a while.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Microelectronics

   They're BEHIND it ... same thing, same $$$

> A friend spent his entire career at Essex Junction and timed his
> retirement just right. He had interned at Fishkill when we were in
> college, got his PhD, and segued into a full time IBM employee. That's
> relatively unique in the tech industry.

   "Dilbert" was based on IBM corporate culture/thinking.

   Yes, sometimes absurd/insane ... but it HAS worked long term.

   Maybe sometimes you NEED some insanity.

   Not selling my stock.

> Interestingly the last time I visited him before I moved out of the area
> he had bought a PCjr and wasn't quite sure what to do with it.

   PC-Jr wasn't a great computer - but would still
   get most everything you needed DONE. More or less
   affordable too.

   IBM was never really geared for Joe Consumer - for
   'biz' and above levels instead. They could not compete
   with Compaq and friends and still make a buck, so they
   just dumped that. Their old ThinkPads were pretty good,
   but once they outsourced them, well, NOT so great.

   For USERS, more than x-amount of home computer power
   is usually just WASTED - advertising hype. I do have
   one fairly strong desktop box - set it up (Linux) and
   parked it in the junk room, never used since. My
   cheapo laptops and mini-boxes are powerful enough
   for anything *I* need now.

   Had to re-install my MX security/streaming box. The
   last install (MX) didn't go quite right and the main
   desktop would HINT, but never actually GET there.
   Burned a lot of CPU doing "nothing" too - box got
   very hot.

   DID save most of the valuable apps/configs though so
   it was fairly easy this time after re-install.

   Good install now, and have CHEATED - used the MX
   "snapshot" utility to create a custom ISO with all
   my goodies on it. IF it craps again I can go right
   back to a fully working install. Taped the thumb
   drive TO the unit so it won't get lost.