Treat proprietary silicon as strategic lock-in, architect warns
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-10-23
Enterprise architect David Linthicum advises architecture teams to treat proprietary silicon (e.g., cloud vendors' custom chips) as a strategic dependency, not just a technical choice. Before committing, calculate the cost, time, and performance loss of a future platform migration, and plan for lock-in with clear eyes.
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