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Re:How many billions of transistors in your iPhone processor? by joshxyz on Monday October 30, 2023 @06:26AM (#38067638)
i do web development, not versed on the iot stuff.

i tried to read an Espressif ESP32 manual, blew my fucking mind on how complex it is relative to how cheap it is.

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Re:How many billions of transistors in your iPhone processor? by crote on Monday October 30, 2023 @12:26PM (#38071689)
The expensive part is usually the engineering itself. Once the chip has been designed, manufacturing is relatively cheap. You can even get reasonably-capable MCUs for as little as $0.10!
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