On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Soner Tari <so...@comixwall.org> wrote: > On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 21:30 +0100, Matthieu Herrb wrote: >> Making hardware is a lot more difficult than writing software. So it takes >> more resources and more skills. > > Sorry Matthieu, but I have to say that this is utter bullshit, and I > believe such underestimation is the underlying reason that many software > suck.
I think the point is the tools to make software are more readily available than the tools to make hardware. Let's say so you want to make a graphics card. Let's also say that you're only interested in playing quake3. What does it take to party like 1999? About 150 MHz on a 180nm process. And what does it cost to fab some 180nm chips? More than I've ever spent on all the computers I've ever written software with.
