You are underselling this bit of the story. StrongARM development was lead by Dan Dobberpuhl. Dobberpuhl and many of his colleagues ended up a SiByte where they built the first CMP (chip multi-proces… (View Post)

We are heading towards an absurd situation where the licence fee will mainly fund things that aren't programme making, and the programmes that are made will be watched by a small fraction of the… (View Post)

I believe that the only way the BBC will survive is by getting rid of the licence fee. The BBC has a collapsing share of the audience, and that completely undermines the rationale for the licence fee… (View Post)

I think the "big idea" is to take what money is left over after cuts and tax rises and stick it on investment, banking on that delivering a bonanza in later years. Unfortunately I've h… (View Post)

If Trump wins in November, unfortunately that is still a real possibility, everything Labour wants to do will go in the bin, and we will have a full-blown defence crisis to deal with. (View Post)