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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by mensetmanusman on Thursday August 24, 2023 @11:36PM (#37257727)
How could we afford to run the software if the transistors were two micro pennies more?
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Re:America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers by zbrozek on Friday August 25, 2023 @12:24AM (#37258048)
If each transistor got 2 micropennies more expensive, that would more than double the price of a midrange CPU.
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