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Because if you try to discuss what needs to be done on the typical means of communication in the 21st century (i.e., fascist-controlled social media), you'll be censored (and possibly referred to the FBI for prosecution as a "terrorist") before you can even begin to get organized.

and maybe to some degree, you can stick heat into groundwater

Do it long enough, and even that would become a problem. There are parts of the London Underground that are uncomfortably hot to ride because it's existed so long they've managed to heat-soak the ground around the tunnels.

So, there’s a pretty big leap going from Strix Point (mid tier) to Strix Halo (high-end)

Holy shit, no kidding! I guess maybe that's the reason Valve didn't go that way: they wanted to put their product right in the middle of that graphics gap. Also, even that first one apparently has 12 CPU cores, so the whole balance between CPU and GPU performance is just off.

Still though, if we're talking custom, it would've been cool if Valve could've had them build something equivalent to a "Ryzen AI 7" or "Ryzen AI 5", but still with Radeon 8050S or 8060S graphics.

Well, if we're talking literal, there's also the issue that your comment was factually-incorrect and also kinda racist, so maybe you don't wanna go there.

Yet another Republican suddenly finds his conscience once he's a lame duck/out of office.

('Course, this one sounds like it might be more due to spite anyway.)

Using xeno-tech to grow bigger leaves is cheating. Maybe that shit flies at the county fair on Xyphlqtrz, but not here on Earth!

larger chip, lower yields

Oh right, I forgot about that part.

Not sure what kind of area one could expect for the CPU alone (without the integrated GPU) for this kind of process

I guess you could look up specs for a desktop Ryzen CPU that doesn't have integrated graphics. Not sure which is the right one to pick, but I checked a few Zen 4 AM5 chips and they were all 71 mm^2^ @ TSMC 5 nm.

BTW, what actually is "Strix Halo" anyway? I'm confused about whether it's what they're calling all the latest-generation APUs, or just the high-end ones, or Asus co-branding, or what.

Are there not any lesser APUs (with smaller die size and higher yields) that aren't "Strix Halo" but still have a similar architecture and decent gaming performance?

STFU about that until after the primary. It's 100% inappropriate right now.

Not after the recent SCOTUS ruling, they won't!

Unified still requires a significant amount of chip area per die

Even compared to having two entirely separate memory controllers, one for the CPU and one for the GPU?

Pay for your fucking pollution first and then maybe we'll consider it.

Also, fuck off about bicycles. We're saving you road maintenance costs by not being in a car! If everyone paid their fair share proportional to the amount of damage they do (which scales by the fourth power of vehicle weight) and cyclists were charged 1¢, car drivers would owe tens of thousands of dollars.

Your comment is entirely entitled, ignorant bullshit.

Until recently, it was thought that only the copyright holder(s) had legal standing, so unless you could convince them to get involved as the plaintiff you were screwed. I think recently they've come up with a legal theory by which any user who was refused the source code could have standing, but it's a new enough tactic that AFAIK it isn't very widespread or proven yet.