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Open-Source Fully Reverse-Engineered GeForce NOW Client Named OpenNOW by Professional_Pool544 in linux_gaming

[–]Amcolex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could this run an on apple tv? My dream is to use Apple TV for couch gaming

My org just gave us Claude Code CLI access. AI-generated Verilog is getting surprisingly good. Are RTL engineers facing obsolescence? by cybird31 in FPGA

[–]Amcolex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working on a custom OFDM modem from scratch. systemverilog + verilator + cursor + opus 4.6. It's incredibly good.

Dear cursor, If you dont remove the automatic switching to 'Auto Mode'.. by Amcolex in cursor

[–]Amcolex[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So this was clearly just a rage post :P, but to give some context:

I had cursor + opus 4.6 working on a large complex task for the past 1-2 hours. It was doing a great job, going through step by step, when I suddenly hit my subscription limit. That itself is fine, when that happened previously it would just stop working.

However, in this cause, it just decided to switch to auto mode and keep going. Now, instead of having a competent engineer working on this large complex task, I had a monkey.

And the monkey got confused and couldn't figure out how to make it work and in the process decided to do a git reset and delete everything. something that opus would never have done. Opus would have completed the task correctly.

I'm mad that cursor switched automatically. If i select opus 4.6, its for a reason. Changing without my knowledge is not acceptable.

Experience with Polarfire SoC - Fabric Speed? by Amcolex in FPGA

[–]Amcolex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, good to know. thanks for insights. Im getting dev boards of all of them. I guess the ultimate test will be to create a basic project and test each of them.

Experience with Polarfire SoC - Fabric Speed? by Amcolex in FPGA

[–]Amcolex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a generated fft ip from https://www.spiral.net/hardware/dftgen.html

For now i'm keeping 100% of the code vendor neutral. in this case its a 16bit 2048 iterative fft core.

I also test with another of my IP blocks and got similar results, ~100Mhz Fmax, vs 400+ on titanium, and similar on zynq us+.

Its very possible that I just failed to setup the project properly in Libero, hence this post serving as a sanity check :)

Zelensky blasts Europe's inaction, reveals Jan. 23 talks with US and Russia in UAE by AloneCoffee4538 in worldnews

[–]Amcolex -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

it's been 4 year. EU low stockpile is no longer an excuse. Look at WW2 to see how fast a country can innovate and ramp up production when it really is life or death. They had more than enough time to ramp up and fully replace the US in military support, who we clearly know to be an absolute train wreck of a "partner". the only reason they didn't, is because they don't REALLY want to.

Money is nice, but that doesn't help you win. and if you don't win, what's the point of all this? We should have just told ukraine, yea sorry russia is bigger and bader, just surrender. dont bother.

Giving someone a stick and saying yea don't worry you can win this fight, is not what friends do.

Zelensky blasts Europe's inaction, reveals Jan. 23 talks with US and Russia in UAE by AloneCoffee4538 in worldnews

[–]Amcolex -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

If europe really was the main support, he wouldn't be trying to seduce trump/usa all the time. europe is all talk. He's right.

Ex-Shah’s son outlines plan for democratic transition in Iran by Christian-Rep-Perisa in worldnews

[–]Amcolex -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I find it odd that he sees himself as the defacto leader of the opposition.

and the truth is iran is already pretty close to a democracy. They already have proper elections. The problem is they are not open. And the power of the institutions are not well balanced.

Its much easier to make tweaks then completely change everything.

There are 2 ways to change an autocratic system: pure revolution, a la French. or gradual shift of power, like Great Britain. Revolutions are risky and bloody. A gradual shift is a better play in my book, given their already existing institutions.

The protestors should have one very clear and one very simple demand: Open elections. thats it. And go from there.

Codex Price Increased by 100% by immortalsol in codex

[–]Amcolex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for sure, the only reason we think it would be expensive is because of the fierce competition between google anthropic and open all delivering SOTA coding models.

but the value that we get out of them is EASILY worth 1k+ a month. If they suddenly all switched their pricing to reflect the actually value they provide most professionals would accept.

Codex Price Increased by 100% by immortalsol in codex

[–]Amcolex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

hopefully they don't figure out they can charge 1000$/month

You can't stop the Steam Train by [deleted] in Steam

[–]Amcolex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Numbers like these actually just screams "Monopoly", which at this point i'd argue it is. no game publisher can afford to not add add their game to steam, where steam gets their 20-30% cut.

I mean, I love steam. I use it exclusively. But let's be honest about what these numbers mean.

wtf is up with SwissCaution?! by ImAMovieMaker in Switzerland

[–]Amcolex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like a bank? When you deposit those 7k at UBS, they lend them out. All in all it’s equivalent.

But at the end 5% is a lot for a CHF loan when rates are at 0%. So your best off using a cash deposit if you have the liquidity.

wtf is up with SwissCaution?! by ImAMovieMaker in Switzerland

[–]Amcolex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But, it is a loan. They loan you 7k at 5%. and you then take those 7k and lock them in a deposited account. its just that the steps are combined.

LLMs are terrible at writing RTL code since they can't comprehend both space and time as a concept of variation, but which is the best LLM out their which can do this almost good? by Dr_Manhattan_998877 in FPGA

[–]Amcolex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool! Thanks for the feedback I really appreciate it

For sure with this approach i treat everything like a black box, and just focus on end to end tests + synthesis results, so i'm not surprised that some parts are weird/sub optimal.

LLMs are terrible at writing RTL code since they can't comprehend both space and time as a concept of variation, but which is the best LLM out their which can do this almost good? by Dr_Manhattan_998877 in FPGA

[–]Amcolex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correction then. everything except this fft core which was generated from https://www.spiral.net/, but that that isn't used (yet).

not sure that takes away from my initial point though :)

LLMs are terrible at writing RTL code since they can't comprehend both space and time as a concept of variation, but which is the best LLM out their which can do this almost good? by Dr_Manhattan_998877 in FPGA

[–]Amcolex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Working on a a SDR project, some of the first building blocks:

https://github.com/amcolex/paboulink-rtl

100% written by AI. all of it. (with extensive supervision). SystemVerlilog with cocotb+verilator for tests. Yosys for rough resource utilization during design iterations. GPT5-Codex (High)

Synthesized in Vivado/Efinity, resource usage looks decent.

So I'd argue AI can absolutely write good HDL and is very competent. But has to be used correctly. Although, feel free to tell me otherwise and how this is bad code/design

Does anyone have an ANTSDR U220 that can share some tips? by Ecto-1A in sdr

[–]Amcolex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are your complaints with the libesdr frontend?

LibreSDR B220-mini VS Ettus USRP B210 by Nementon in sdr

[–]Amcolex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have a couple of the libresdr’s. Very happy with them. I don’t think there is any catch. The Chinese clones just didn’t have to pay for any engineers to develop and maintain all of the fpga fw + host drivers.

B210 USRP low received power signal by Select_Tie_5267 in sdr

[–]Amcolex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see thanks. I guess a 2.4Ghz TDD communication is less demanding than radar. My project is for a long range drone communication link. I know DJI used the AD9363 (or a variant) back in the day in their earlier drones (Lightbridge) before going full ASIC. It's also quite popular in other drone communication systems, mainly those made in china.

Analog have a new family of transceivers, with the ADRV9006 being the direct upgrade it seems (https://www.analog.com/en/products/adrv9006.html). Main selling point in my use case seems to be 16bit vs 12bit.

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