Memeing this particular image feels a little disrespectful.
Would be interesting to see somebody try a sketch or something instead :)
Is there a background story to this image?
I don’t think so it seems to be just a stock photo. I don’t see how using a stock photo as meme template is disresoectful lol
Maybe it’s because I used the watermarked version I found on Google instead of paying for it. Sorry for disrespecting you Adobe!
Adobe deserves all the disrespect with their pricing
I don’t want a smart (insert household device here) I want a dumb device that simply reports it’s status to and accepts commands from a computer. Put all the smart shit in one thing and control multiple devices from a single interface.
There is no reason why my oven or laundry machine needs enough computing power to land a man on the moon.
To be fair, every ESP32 could do that, and using them is cheap and easy.
also an ESP32 could land a man on the moon
So I’m not an IT professional by any means, it’s a hobby. But I’m curious if an ESP32 could land a man on the moon. I searched around a bit and am under the assumption that an ESP32 has a CPU or microprocessor of some sort.
What I’m trying to figure out is: Would a processor on an ESP32 have RAM and ROM built into the chip. I hope I’m asking the right questions.
It seems like a processor should have RAM for a cache. But I gave up trying to figure out if it would also have built-in ROM (specifically, an ESP32’s processor)
Do all CPU’s/microprocessors now have SRAM for a cache? Do all also contain ROM? Or is it separate? I guess an ESP32 does require ROM for it’s firmware, regardless? And (maybe?) SRAM in it’s processor?
I’m beinginng to think an ESP32 would have the “specs” to land a man on the moon?
Idk, “how true is your statement” is what I’m trying to figure out (but I lack a lot of the technical knowledge), and now I’m curious. If someone could ELI9, I’d appreciate it
Edit: I did flash the eeprom on some XBOX TSOP chips in the past. So maybe ROM isn’t part of the CPU, but very near-and-dear. Annnnd I’m in a rabbit hold about the anatomy of CPU’s because of a one sentence comment. Please help
ESP32 is a term that is often used very broadly. If you want to be accurate, ESP32 is a very specific integrated circuit that contains a lot of stuff needed for computation and packaged in a single chip made by Espressif. This chip, usually called SoC/MCU contains the CPU, RAM, ROM, and other peripherals, even wireless communication and encryption primitive.
ESP32 itself contains the following spec:
- Dual core 32-bit CPU with clock speed up to 240MHz
- 520KB of SRAM
- 448KB of ROM
Now, for comparison, the Apollo programs consist of a lot of systems. But arguably, the computer that is responsible to make the landing possible is the guidance computer.
Let’s take a look at the spec from wikipedia:
- 15-bit CPU with a clock of 2.048 MHz
- 2048 words RAM (2048×15 = ~30KBit)
- 36864 words ROM (~553KBit)
That alone should give you an idea of how powerful computers have come to. Not to mention the size difference (ESP32 only around 5mm×5mm), power consumption, and a lot of other factors.
Thank you! I was reading the wiki about the “landing” and could “understand” how a current phone would be vastly more than sufficient. I got lost trying to find how an “ESP32” was designed… and then how processor’s were (normally) designed nowadays… and how it all worked together. I guess I was asking if a single “chip” could include all of those things (CPU, RAM, ROM), or if it was multiple “chips”. An integrated circuit is what I think I was trying to dissect. I’m still curious about the inter-workings, but you cleared a whole lot up for me.
I really appreciate the breakdown, because I didn’t have the terminology to properly search. I guess it still kinda blows my mind how far it’s all progressed
Edit: And now I’m learning the difference between “Integrated circuit” and “circuit board”… seems silly in hindsight, but the terminology had me a bit confused. Super cool, nonetheless.
instructions unclear, fridge.exe firmware failed to update: please take it to your nearest service center to get your cooling working again. (where they will use a proprietary software tool to unlock it)
Vehicle manufacturers since 1990.
They’re the worst. Now they’re actually putting features into vehicles but don’t activate them unless you pay more. You already own the car with the feature existing inside of it but can’t use it. What kind of bullshit is that!
Not to mention that anything computerized is automatically thought to be AI now. I saw an article that described Hatsune Miku as AI (she’s a singing synthesizer)
I heard someone describe gradient descent as ai
AI rice cookers
Someone complaining about mislabeling Miku. My people…
“This smart toaster has ChatGPT integrated!”
“Why?”
“I don’t know, isn’t it awesome?”
“Looks like you’re trying to make toast? I’m here to help! What kind of toast are you trying to make?.. and did you know toast originated in the early days of…”
*Throws toaster out the window.
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Fun fact: Red Dwarf did this joke in 1988
Red Dwarf did that one to warn everybody that’s a bad idea
I really do wish my toaster was smarter. first set of slices is never the same as the second.
That is the taste of the industrial cleaning chemicals being burned off on the first toast 😋
Ahhh…that new toaster smell!
You want a radiation timed toaster instead of a clock timed one. You need a toaster that’s automatic beyond belief
I liked Jon Stewart’s take, paraphrased:
“Tech companies say AI is going to cure cancer and fix climate change…and they put it in a toaster. I got making toast covered. Please keep working on the curing cancer thing”
If you phrase your question in exactly the right way it will provide a mundane watered down fact about toast. Also the heat generated from the chip calculating that response is what heats your bread instead of an old fashion coil. Oh, and you get to pay a subscription fee to use it.
only works with genuine OpenAI-Toast™
You’re describing IOT years ago. I still don’t know why my washing machine needs access to my internet. Thoufh I guess I like the alerts when the cycle is done.
IOT died with the Juicero. It was everything IOT claimed to be rolled into one overpriced package: a worthless scam tied to a subscription model that spied on its users. Really reveals the whole game when someone actually follows through on the marketing bullshit.
EDIT: and the saddest thing is that I looked into it; despite being 500$ they sold those things at a 250$ loss. So unsustainable on top of it all.
The reason for that is because we hit a point where it was cheaper to buy an off the shelf microcomputer that came with wireless capabilities than it was to design a purpose built control board.
Once you’re building a device that has the hardware for itg, you may as well try to use it as a competitive differentiator.When this wasn’t a total failure, manufacturers started spending a bit more effort to develop the control part of things, which is why now we have a lot of different unified hub type apps.
This makes sense. Probably gonna take the same path with AI components on devices.
old man jenson has a chip farm AIAIAI OH!
Tech didn’t get better it came with apps for the most mundane shit in the world like getting a table at a restaurant and getting a haircut ffs.
More usernames and passwords a single person should care for.
You’re having trouble managing all your usernames and passwords? Have you tried another app to manage all of them? /s (but also I do like my password manager)
Looking at you Windows11/12
Also 10. Copilot preview installed itself.
What the hell do I need a copilot for?? I’ve been flying this baby solo since I got my first computer in 1996!
Consumers and their own employees.
On screen: salt
Off screen: takes water
Off screen: microtransaction for salt
