[cpard]

Servethehome[1] does a bit of a better job describing what maverick-2 is and why it makes sense.

[1]https://www.servethehome.com/nextsilicon-maverick-2-brings-d...

[phkahler]

Thats a fairly specialized chip and requires a bunch of custom software. The only way it can run apps unmodified is if the math libraries have been customized for this chip. If the performance is there, people will buy it.

For a minute I thought maybe it was Risc-V with a big vector unit, but its way different from that.

[stogot]

The quote at the end of the posted Reuters article (not the one you’re responding to) says that it doesn’t require extensive code modifications. So is the “custom software” is standard for the target customers of nextsilicon?

[ac29]

The article says they are also developing a RISCV CPU

[maratc]

I've also found their "Technology Launch" video[1] that goes somewhat deeper into the details (they also have code examples.)

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krpunC3itSM

[klooney]

They've got a "Mill Core" in there- is the design related to the Mill Computing design?

[damageboy]

Yeah, it's an unfortunate overlap. The Mill-Core in NextSilicon terminology is the software defined "configuration" of the chip so to speak that represents swaths of the application that are deemed worthy of acceleration as expressed on the custom HW.

So really the Mill-Core is in a way the expression of the customer's code. really.

[jecel]

They are completely different designs, but the name is inspired by the same source: the Mill component in Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.