alt Hacker NewsYes. And it's ironic that they can do this ten years ago but can't be bothered to make a new one today. I guess the old one still works well enough and people buy it though which the article states.
Feels like a reverse Bell Labs approach. They find their cash cow and only invest in their cash cow rather than research new product areas and fields.
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tverbeure • yesterday at 4:10 PM
> rather than research new product areas and field
Google “Gsync Pulsar”.
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j45 • yesterday at 5:09 PM
Maybe it's working fine enough for their uses?
I think they had done a minor hardware refresh, at the time it came out it was pretty powerful compared to the underpowered alternatives, plus the promise of pure Android TV on it.
Its not ironic, its perfect business sense. 10 years ago they gave a shit about gamers and streamers as they were their main market. Now its all about AI server hardware, and they are fighting off international mega clients who all want to secure their chip output for years to come.
Why would Nvidia give 2 hoots about a living room streaming box now?