FCLC (FOSDEM!)

I'm really happy here. When I originally joined TT I was proud to say that everyone I worked with cared and wanted to do the right thing. That started to change, and as it changed, so did my happiness.

Nekko aligns closer with what I hopped TT would and could have been in my imagination.

<3

A handful of seats left in #HPC devroom at #FOSDEM, come join us!

We’re in a black box in H1308 this year, but there’s a pleasant flow of fresh air…

Current talk is by Tobias Kremer (ECMWF) on Zarr

More info via fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Feeling really proud of Canada and being Canadian.

We don’t get everything right, and there’s work to be done.

We won’t be able to do it alone. But we will get it done.

Please note: Any claims of AI Exascale, AI Zettascale or beyond computing power are just baloney. Real computing power is measured in FP64. Period.

AMD embraced utter stupidity by adopting this terminology by the leather jacket man.

It's a really shame!

#CES2026 #AMD

“You will consume AI and you will like it ”

Thanks!!

Compilers are the field of tech with the highest divergence of incredibly smart people to absolutely brain dead results

The first Monday of the new year means... predictions! Thrilled to announce that @simonwillison.net will again be joining @ahl.bsky.social and me for 1- 3- and 6-year predictions. Bring your own predictions and join us today at a special time: 4p Pacific!
discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Low quality programming fact:
C is the worlds first widely deployed compiler intermediate representation

Thanks James! Can’t say I’ll be in your neck of the woods anytime soon, but if you’re looking for a touch of sanity, we’re up north!

Thank you!!!! So far so good,get to do real work again, incredibly refreshing

Thank you!!

I'll be continuing to support the incredible #HPC community via @hpc.social as well as @chipsandcheese.bsky.social

More than anything, I'll still be around sharing thoughts, making terrible puns, and supporting good people doing good things.

Cheers!

FelixCLC

So what's on the horizon?

I'll be speaking on RISC-V and on accelerator design at FOSDEM in a few short weeks!

I'll be taping out the first chip I had legitimate say over in Q1'26.

I'll be doing less business travel (over 185 days in 2025!)

Finally, this thread would be incomplete without recognizing some of the people that changed my life.

From my incredibly competent former manager Julie, to my partner in crime Rick Friedman.

Eric with whom I found a business person that actually, truly cared about customers

A lot of the engineering Talent at TT is top notch.

I'm hopeful for both selfish and holistic reasons that they can pull off what they've announced as their mission.

... that are advocating for, & actually care about developers the absolute best. You're fighting the good fight.

I look forward to the eventual tapeout of the Atlantis Developer platform. The Ascalon Core is legitimately fascinating, and likely to be the best RISC-V core you can buy

This does of course mean I've parted ways with @tenstorrent.bsky.social

TT is an interesting company that thrives on internal contradiction. I don't know that a company has ever earned the term "torrent" more.

I'll miss a large amount of the fine folks there, and I wish those ...

Time to let the cat out of the bag: I've joined AiNekko!

Specifically, I've joined under the platform group, working on Numerics and ISA.

The work is being a relentless advocate for well documented, predictable compute.

Make it good, make it open, make it fast

waking up with a headache is such bullshit

did I sleep too much? not enough? am I dehydrated? is it caffeine withdrawal? atmospheric pressure change? nobody knows but now I gotta deal with it 🙃

A new partnership between the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and EPCC will enable closer collaboration between the two organisations, with a focus on the effective delivery of large-scale compute infrastructure to inform national approaches.
edin.ac/4a8bHiX

this is a work of art

a cartoon cat is peeking over a keyboard with the enter key visible Alt: An excited animated kitten is playing on the computer

In what I promise will be a joke more people understand next week:

“Drinking a whole bottle of wine” meme and the tiers are DELICIOUS TURKEY THANK YOU YEAH THEYRE PRETTY GOOD AT CODING BUT YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T TRUST THEM FOR ANYTHING NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEY RE HAUNTED AND EVIL, OK SO THERE'S THIS REALM OF PURE THOUGHT CALLED AN EMBEDDING SPACE

Soup king Campbell’s parts ways with IT VP after ‘3D-printed chicken’ remarks ‘Our soup’s not toxic but this chap’s behavior was’ is the gist of the defense Food company Campbell’s, best known for its soups and the iconic cans they come in, has parted ways with a vice president for IT after another member of the company’s tech team recorded him criticizing the company’s products.…

Soup king Campbell’s parts ways with IT VP after ‘3D-printed chicken’ remarks

Blackhole QuietBox, Tenstorrent's AI workstation reviewed hands on: $12K machine promises performance that can scale to 32 chip servers and beyond but immature stack makes harnessing compute challenging

Appreciate the candor, and will be making sure the team is aware of the issues.

I'd recommend to all to check out the article here:

www.theregister.com/2025/11/27/t...

The goal of tenstorrent is owning your silicon future.

Putting aside the marketing, it's on the company to own that and make it happen.

Their is a lot of work that still needs to be done, and it's work that will never be finished.