On a Path Toward Domain-Specific Solutions

Sigasi in EE Times on Domain-Specific Computing

On 15 August 2024, EE Times published an opinion piece by Sigasi CEO Dieter Therssen, about the future of domain-specific computing.

From the Article

From all accounts, chip design is on a path toward proprietary, customized and differentiated domain-specific applications. This is the eternal balance between economies-of-scale (generalization, standardization) and specialization (cost optimization). As time progressed, we have seen a shift from large, general-purpose units to generalization through combining specialized hardware. Power has become a brick-wall limit to certain attempts at this.

It does not matter if we are talking about general-purpose processing or domain-specific processing: software and hardware have always been tuned into each other, one way or another.

Self-designed processors in the mobile space lacked economies of scale (scale in hardware volumes, scale in software re-use) and a lack of vision regarding the speed at which customers’ desire and savviness can evolve. The shift toward bringing together numerous kinds of capable, specialized hardware put these processors out of business. Hardware/software co-optimization may have shifted the dynamic.

Click here to read the full article at EE Times.

2024-08-20