I’m not ready for such a technological leap – it would annoy me so much that I would sell this dirt bucket immediately.
lkl34
I was watching earlier [Hayden Schreier](https://www.youtube.com/@Hayden.Schreier) channel showing 2025 car failures just how badly there made he had many jeep/buick and one hyndai were the digital displays just turned off no way to see your speed gear selection would not working nothing.
In the jeep it did that auto engine off crap during idle and this popped up then it corrupted the system in traffic $80+ grand wagoner bricked.
There need’s to be official government rules that important safety devices of a motor vehicle has to be analog and not based on lcd screens with software its a dam safety issue for everyone. Oh also with this software update crap comes advertisements in your car i read recently they were thinking of lowering your car payment but put adds inside your car to compensate the tech is there and that apparently is on the table you might see that option coming soon.
Sarcastic_Bullet
It’s been a thing in CPUs for at least two decades. Transmeta Crusoe for example, Altera from Intel.
I feel old now.
DigitalScythious
You get better mileage if u overclock it
Tanawat_Jukmonkol
Man. When will they learn that something like NixOS will solve this issue? I mean heck. You can update on the go, and once it’s complete, just do a reboot (or just shutdown after you park the car).
If your car doesn’t boot properly for whatever odd reason, you can fully rollback to the older version.
This technology is being used inside of satellites, why not cars?
apachelives
You wouldn’t download a car
KarateMan749
Oh my! Its alive!
distant-alien
Ah, yes! Now we can actaully download Graphics Card.
ScreeennameTaken
PCs also update the cpu. (microcode) when you perform a bios update, sometimes cpu microcode is also updated if needed.
aXeSwY
Well jokes aside, technically you can upgrade CPU if it is a Application-Specific Instruction-set Processor. but for sure this ain’t the case for sure.
neonxmoose99
Thank you SEAT, very cool
mupet0000
I work in IT and am fully immersed in the IT world with my own home server and gaming pc etc… I’m completely against cars turning into computers, it’s the enshitification of cars. Cars should be reliable and run software equivalent to LTSC versions of windows – not windows – but software that is designed to last a long time, not require frequent updates, and ship with everything as intended from day 1.
We all know how drivers and software updates can cause our systems to do strange things or our games to misbehave. Why the FUCK do we want that in our cars??
BogNakamura
I’ve seen one doing it at a red light in the middle of Rome
Thercon_Jair
On the ferry crossing lake zürich the large info monitor displays a warning not to start an update on the car as the 15min crossing won’t allow enough time to finish the update.
They must have had a couple incidents where cars couldn’t leave the ferry and held up the ferry.
ThatUsrnameIsAlready
PCs already do that. It’s called microcode.
pedant69420
Now if they could only start putting in hardware that can run the infotainment centers in modern cars without massive input lag, society could truly flourish.
AugmentedKing
I mean, it’s not like you take your PC to Microsoft headquarters to do an update. So, those are done remotely as well?
HumonculusJaeger
Downloading better ram
jaywalker108
That constantly crashing piece of shit lol
speed-of-heat
next step is updating the driver…
SilentNinjaJoshu
FPGA?
Swipsi
How is that different from a CPU firmware update on pc?
It’s all fun and games until there is an emergency and you are unable to use your car. This is definitely something that users should be able to schedule when it’s most appropriate for them.
mike71diesel
The problem it’s mixing infotainment, basic driving features and ADAS in the same interfaces and packages.
In a cost-cutting strategy they are using the barely minimum on resouce to run the programs, so I think isn’t possible to make an update in place like Android, GNU/Linux and even Windows could make.
Oktokolo
I would expect “CPU” to actually mean “CPU microcode”.
Katamari69
I’m contemplating getting a classic car because if this.
Blackdragon1400
Since a lot of people seem to be unaware – there IS firmware running on your CPU. It’s called microcode, and Intel/AMD/etc push 1/2 annual updates for it to fix significant issues with how instructions are performed and to fix security vulnerabilities.
It’s usually found in BIOS updates from your motherboard vendor. In rare circumstances it can be part of a capsule update in Windows.
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Next step is downloading more Ram
On the downside, I’ve been stuck in the car for over two hours while it “updates”. Can’t drive, open windows,… at least I can open the door.
You guys are lucky to have randomly updating cars. My old merc has to wait for a service.
EDIT : MY really old mercs just left the factory perfect. They don’t even have a plug for any type of upgrades.
Well, may be it has software CPU, like [NIOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nios_II) in Altera (Intel) FPGA, then why not.
I’m not ready for such a technological leap – it would annoy me so much that I would sell this dirt bucket immediately.
I was watching earlier [Hayden Schreier](https://www.youtube.com/@Hayden.Schreier) channel showing 2025 car failures just how badly there made he had many jeep/buick and one hyndai were the digital displays just turned off no way to see your speed gear selection would not working nothing.
In the jeep it did that auto engine off crap during idle and this popped up then it corrupted the system in traffic $80+ grand wagoner bricked.
There need’s to be official government rules that important safety devices of a motor vehicle has to be analog and not based on lcd screens with software its a dam safety issue for everyone. Oh also with this software update crap comes advertisements in your car i read recently they were thinking of lowering your car payment but put adds inside your car to compensate the tech is there and that apparently is on the table you might see that option coming soon.
It’s been a thing in CPUs for at least two decades. Transmeta Crusoe for example, Altera from Intel.
I feel old now.
You get better mileage if u overclock it
Man. When will they learn that something like NixOS will solve this issue? I mean heck. You can update on the go, and once it’s complete, just do a reboot (or just shutdown after you park the car).
If your car doesn’t boot properly for whatever odd reason, you can fully rollback to the older version.
This technology is being used inside of satellites, why not cars?
You wouldn’t download a car
Oh my! Its alive!
Ah, yes! Now we can actaully download Graphics Card.
PCs also update the cpu. (microcode) when you perform a bios update, sometimes cpu microcode is also updated if needed.
Well jokes aside, technically you can upgrade CPU if it is a Application-Specific Instruction-set Processor. but for sure this ain’t the case for sure.
Thank you SEAT, very cool
I work in IT and am fully immersed in the IT world with my own home server and gaming pc etc… I’m completely against cars turning into computers, it’s the enshitification of cars. Cars should be reliable and run software equivalent to LTSC versions of windows – not windows – but software that is designed to last a long time, not require frequent updates, and ship with everything as intended from day 1.
We all know how drivers and software updates can cause our systems to do strange things or our games to misbehave. Why the FUCK do we want that in our cars??
I’ve seen one doing it at a red light in the middle of Rome
On the ferry crossing lake zürich the large info monitor displays a warning not to start an update on the car as the 15min crossing won’t allow enough time to finish the update.
They must have had a couple incidents where cars couldn’t leave the ferry and held up the ferry.
PCs already do that. It’s called microcode.
Now if they could only start putting in hardware that can run the infotainment centers in modern cars without massive input lag, society could truly flourish.
I mean, it’s not like you take your PC to Microsoft headquarters to do an update. So, those are done remotely as well?
Downloading better ram
That constantly crashing piece of shit lol
next step is updating the driver…
FPGA?
How is that different from a CPU firmware update on pc?
It’s downloading and installing more CPU
https://preview.redd.it/nmzv3k04fj0f1.jpeg?width=150&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebd7eae2e8b200d0d3a433a1174f67c45c6c042d
The driver update process is said to be painful.
All you have to do is seat down and wait
This got me to leave this subreddit. Grats.
It’s all fun and games until there is an emergency and you are unable to use your car. This is definitely something that users should be able to schedule when it’s most appropriate for them.
The problem it’s mixing infotainment, basic driving features and ADAS in the same interfaces and packages.
In a cost-cutting strategy they are using the barely minimum on resouce to run the programs, so I think isn’t possible to make an update in place like Android, GNU/Linux and even Windows could make.
I would expect “CPU” to actually mean “CPU microcode”.
I’m contemplating getting a classic car because if this.
Since a lot of people seem to be unaware – there IS firmware running on your CPU. It’s called microcode, and Intel/AMD/etc push 1/2 annual updates for it to fix significant issues with how instructions are performed and to fix security vulnerabilities.
It’s usually found in BIOS updates from your motherboard vendor. In rare circumstances it can be part of a capsule update in Windows.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.