jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhere the CHIPS Act money has gonewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down13
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minus-squaregravitas_deficiencylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoChip fabs simply do not work at a small scale, if you want to sell them at anything resembling a reasonable cost. Modern chip lithography takes a truly titanic amount of capital to set up, and it takes years. And by then the industry has moved on.
Chip fabs simply do not work at a small scale, if you want to sell them at anything resembling a reasonable cost. Modern chip lithography takes a truly titanic amount of capital to set up, and it takes years. And by then the industry has moved on.