Sources: Meta chose a Qualcomm chip for the second version of its Ray-Ban smartglasses, after struggling to develop its own custom chip codenamed Brasilia
In late 2021, a team of Meta Platforms employees building a key chip for the second version of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses was notified …
New from me: Meta/FB is trying to build its own chips for its hardware devices. But there is internal division about the strategy. W/ @StephenNellis: https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Hardware is Hard, Edition No. 25,298: Meta developed a custom chip for its Ray-Ban Stories successor. The chip had taped out, but using it risked delaying the product, so Meta stuck w/ Qualcomm for now, @SylviaVarnham reports - https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Meta was ready to start trial production of its own chip for new smart glasses, a big milestone for its silicon team. But, fearing delays, Meta is going with a Qualcomm chip instead. From @SylviaVarnham (so soon after the XROS news!) and @StephenNellis https://www.theinformation.…
Not struggling. It's a trade-off between fast product iterations and designing in-house chips. More $FB news on #TickerTick https://tickertick.com/... https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Hardware is hard, and chips are even harder, especially during a global #semiconductor shortage. Taping out a chip isn't cheap, especially if you want to do it on a leading node which is likely what Meta wants to do if power efficiency is the goal. https://www.theinformation.com/…
You can almost hear the cheers coming from Apple's spaceship in Cupertino. scoop by @SylviaVarnham @StephenNellis https://www.theinformation.com/ ...