JForce

Summary
Chip manufacturers are pointing out (and working with) to the automotive industry that they need to update the design of the electronics they use in their cars, as setting up to manufacture higher volumes of old designs simply isn't worth it
 
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Even as someone who messes around with cars and technology, it's surprising to me how obvious this is now that it's been pointed out.  Car manufacturers are the epitome of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" as far as production costs go. Add to that the very high bar they require for resiliency and reliability, and it's understandable that once they've got a working design for a given control component, there's little incentive for them to iterate on it.  However there's only so much capacity for manufacturing silicon around the world, and with so much consumer electronic demand, foundries and associated companies wouldn't see much point in investing to build old stuff.
 
We've talked about the silicon shortage and the millions of vehicles sitting around in factories, finished except for control modules waiting on components, but it does seem like we missed (or at least I know I did) the fact that the issue is overall capacity rather than specific capacity.
 
As the article states, Intel/AMD etc will keep pumping out as many "modern"  chips as you want, as they go into everything.....but to increase capacity for old stuff makes no sense. <Insert joke about Intel using old huge designs anyway>
 
Sources
https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

@AnonymousGuy to add to what was allready said the stay at home nature of the pandemic sent electronics purchases through the roof. The supply chain has some ability to cope with jumps above expected. But unless they're short term, it can't keep up until new production capacity comes online. And that takes years in semiconductor manufacturing.Tats the downside of "Just In Time" supply chains. they don't cope with sudden upswings well, but handle downswings much better, (less excess inventory sat around). And the latter is valued because downswings can kill companies at the best of times. Too much unsalable stock makes them worse so making them as low pain as possibble is desirable. 

I don't think anyone, including the chip and car manufacturers, disagree with you. I think the "timely manner" part is the crux of it.....many of the electronic designs in your car are at least a quarter of a century old, and I think the overall point is that they're now facing the other side of the "long tail of reliability" coin.

Summary
Chip manufacturers are pointing out (and working with) to the automotive industry that they need to update the design of the electronics they use in their cars, as setting up to manufacture higher volumes of old designs simply isn't worth it
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
Even as someone who messes around with cars and technology, it's surprising to me how obvious this is now that it's been pointed out.  Car manufacturers are the epitome of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" as far as production costs go. Add to that the very high bar they require for resiliency and reliability, and it's understandable that once they've got a working design for a given control component, there's little incentive for them to iterate on it.  However there's only so much capacity for manufacturing silicon around the world, and with so much consumer electronic demand, foundries and associated companies wouldn't see much point in investing to build old stuff.
 
We've talked about the silicon shortage and the millions of vehicles sitting around in factories, finished except for control modules waiting on components, but it does seem like we missed (or at least I know I did) the fact that the issue is overall capacity rather than specific capacity.
 
As the article states, Intel/AMD etc will keep pumping out as many "modern"  chips as you want, as they go into everything.....but to increase capacity for old stuff makes no sense. <Insert joke about Intel using old huge designs anyway>
 
Sources
https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

Summary
Chip manufacturers are pointing out (and working with) to the automotive industry that they need to update the design of the electronics they use in their cars, as setting up to manufacture higher volumes of old designs simply isn't worth it
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
Even as someone who messes around with cars and technology, it's surprising to me how obvious this is now that it's been pointed out.  Car manufacturers are the epitome of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" as far as production costs go. Add to that the very high bar they require for resiliency and reliability, and it's understandable that once they've got a working design for a given control component, there's little incentive for them to iterate on it.  However there's only so much capacity for manufacturing silicon around the world, and with so much consumer electronic demand, foundries and associated companies wouldn't see much point in investing to build old stuff.
 
We've talked about the silicon shortage and the millions of vehicles sitting around in factories, finished except for control modules waiting on components, but it does seem like we missed (or at least I know I did) the fact that the issue is overall capacity rather than specific capacity.
 
As the article states, Intel/AMD etc will keep pumping out as many "modern"  chips as you want, as they go into everything.....but to increase capacity for old stuff makes no sense. <Insert joke about Intel using old huge designs anyway>
 
Sources
https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

Summary
Chip manufacturers are pointing out (and working with) to the automotive industry that they need to update the design of the electronics they use in their cars, as setting up to manufacture higher volumes of old designs simply isn't worth it
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
Even as someone who messes around with cars and technology, it's surprising to me how obvious this is now that it's been pointed out.  Car manufacturers are the epitome of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" as far as production costs go. Add to that the very high bar they require for resiliency and reliability, and it's understandable that once they've got a working design for a given control component, there's little incentive for them to iterate on it.  However there's only so much capacity for manufacturing silicon around the world, and with so much consumer electronic demand, foundries and associated companies wouldn't see much point in investing to build old stuff.
 
We've talked about the silicon shortage and the millions of vehicles sitting around in factories, finished except for control modules waiting on components, but it does seem like we missed (or at least I know I did) the fact that the issue is overall capacity rather than specific capacity.
 
As the article states, Intel/AMD etc will keep pumping out as many "modern"  chips as you want, as they go into everything.....but to increase capacity for old stuff makes no sense. <Insert joke about Intel using old huge designs anyway>
 
Sources
https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

It’s likely reporting 1200, which is 2400 because double data rate...
 
And honestly, for just a file server, 8 GB is fine. Even if the BIOS is doing raid, it’s hardware not software RAID, it won’t take much up in the way of resources.
 
My homelab runs on a i3 6100, and that’s plenty for Freenas running ZFS, a few Ubuntu server VMS, Plex, etc. And my Ubuntu VM with Plex installed I only give 2GB of ram, lol. And I run a Windows VM on the machine as well, also with 2 GB of ram given to it. 
 
Suffice it to say, for what he is using it for, his hardware is plenty capable. I just think the OS is a bit upset with driver conflicts, and a cheap boot SSD would fix that plus speed things up in a big way.

I am running a Debian based NAS with an FX-8350 (will be replaced with Zen 3 once available) and 16 GB RAM. 8x 2TB WD RE4 drives in ZFS. My RAM usage is usually about 12 to 14 GB (ZFS caching takes a decent amount of RAM). While it is not necessary to have more RAM for the OS and general usage. Accessing data will be slower.  What I've noticed is when resilvering a drive, RAM makes a huge difference in time to complete the process. 
 
As @JForce system, I would assume it's running in single channel, which would reduce performance significantly when moving files around.
 

This to me isn't getting as much coverage as it should - obviously modern cars collect more data than ever before, but the breadth of it is surprising, and the complete lack of privacy controls or standards makes the big tech companies look like model corporate citizens...
 
Jalopnik Summary
Original Washington Post Investigation
 
.....a Washington Post investigation that hacked into a 2017 Chevy Volt to see what data the car hoovers up. The answer is: yikes.
 
 

This to me isn't getting as much coverage as it should - obviously modern cars collect more data than ever before, but the breadth of it is surprising, and the complete lack of privacy controls or standards makes the big tech companies look like model corporate citizens...
 
Jalopnik Summary
Original Washington Post Investigation
 
.....a Washington Post investigation that hacked into a 2017 Chevy Volt to see what data the car hoovers up. The answer is: yikes.
 
 

This to me isn't getting as much coverage as it should - obviously modern cars collect more data than ever before, but the breadth of it is surprising, and the complete lack of privacy controls or standards makes the big tech companies look like model corporate citizens...
 
Jalopnik Summary
Original Washington Post Investigation
 
.....a Washington Post investigation that hacked into a 2017 Chevy Volt to see what data the car hoovers up. The answer is: yikes.
 
 

This to me isn't getting as much coverage as it should - obviously modern cars collect more data than ever before, but the breadth of it is surprising, and the complete lack of privacy controls or standards makes the big tech companies look like model corporate citizens...
 
Jalopnik Summary
Original Washington Post Investigation
 
.....a Washington Post investigation that hacked into a 2017 Chevy Volt to see what data the car hoovers up. The answer is: yikes.
 
 

This to me isn't getting as much coverage as it should - obviously modern cars collect more data than ever before, but the breadth of it is surprising, and the complete lack of privacy controls or standards makes the big tech companies look like model corporate citizens...
 
Jalopnik Summary
Original Washington Post Investigation
 
.....a Washington Post investigation that hacked into a 2017 Chevy Volt to see what data the car hoovers up. The answer is: yikes.
 
 

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