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Re:What’s harder to find than microchips? The equipment that... by marcan_42 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @01:47AM (#29136879)
You literally can't do it. The smaller the process node, the smaller the voltage you can handle and the more delicate the chip is. At 5nm you can't even make USB transceivers; Apple M1 machines had to use external level converters for all the USB ports for this reason.
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