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@ -50,9 +50,16 @@ the CPU wanted to access display memory, pixels could come from the FIFO
while the CPU was serviced immediately. That did indeed help
performance—but not as much as Tom's write FIFO.
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![](images/i.jpg) *What we have here is as neat a parable about the nature of creative design as one could hope to find. The scrap of news about Paradise's chip contained almost no actual information, but it forced Tom to push past the limits he had unconsciously set in coming up with his original design. And, in the end, I think that the single most important element of great design, whether it be hardware, software, or any creative endeavor, is precisely what the Paradise news triggered in Tom: the ability to detect the limits you have built into the way you think about your design, and then transcend those limits.*
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> ![](images/i.jpg)
> What we have here is as neat a parable about the nature of creative
> design as one could hope to find. The scrap of news about Paradise's
> chip contained almost no actual information, but it forced Tom to push
> past the limits he had unconsciously set in coming up with his original
> design. And, in the end, I think that the single most important element
> of great design, whether it be hardware, software, or any creative
> endeavor, is precisely what the Paradise news triggered in Tom: the
> ability to detect the limits you have built into the way you think about
> your design, and then transcend those limits.
The problem, of course, is how to go about transcending limits you don't
even know you've imposed. There's no formula for success, but two