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Facebook Calling for Chip Designers

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday April 19 2018, @01:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the roll-your-own dept.

takyon writes:

A Facebook job posting indicates the company is looking to design its own system-on-a-chip or Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC):

Facebook Inc. is building a team to design its own semiconductors, adding to a trend among technology companies to supply themselves and lower their dependence on chipmakers such as Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., according to job listings and people familiar with the matter.

The social media company is seeking to hire a manager to build an "end-to-end SoC/ASIC, firmware and driver development organization," according to a job listing on its corporate website, indicating the effort is still in its early stages.

The Menlo Park, California-based company would join other technology giants tackling the massive effort to develop chips. In 2010, Apple Inc. started shipping its own chips and now uses them across many of its major product lines. Alphabet Inc.'s Google has developed its own artificial intelligence chip as well.

Also at TechCrunch and The Verge.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday April 19 2018, @03:47PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 19 2018, @03:47PM (#669140) Journal

    give it some Alexa type voice interface (which FB AFAIK does not have...)

    I can't wait for the Facebook Home device!

    Me: Okay, Facebook
    FBHome: (tweedle beep)
    Me: What is the weather like today?
    FBHome: 72 degrees and sunny. I can see that your neighbor half a block down is taking advantage of the nice weather to grill burgers outside.

    Me: Okay, Facebook
    FBHome: (tweedle beep)
    Me: Which restaurant should we eat at?
    FBHome: Your neighbor across the street and 2 houses down likes Flying Unicorn, but spends more money there than they can afford. Let me know if you would like to know how much. But your neighbor 2 blocks over got thrown out of there because of extremely embarrassing intoxicated behavior. I have video clips available if you are interested.

    Me: Okay, Facebook
    FBHome: (tweedle beep)
    Me: Please give me directions to the restaurant.
    FBHome: Okay, while you are driving would you like to know about the traffic ticket your back yard neighbor got last week?

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