Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once Again

Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by maxglute on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:12AM (#39450684)

IIRC that's more than CHIPs Act, but it's 2024, Sam wants (lol) 7T for OpenAI hardware, I can't tell what's a lot of money anymore.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by rjmunro on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:33AM (#39451803)

I had to Google 7T. I assume you mean $7 Trillion, not some new chip or fab technology.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by ben_w on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @03:12AM (#39451289)

I'm sure 7T is someone having a laugh, not a real thing that's actually being attempted.

I wonder what it would cost to outright buy Australia, in the sense of convincing enough voters to make you their absolute monarch…

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by hardware2win on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @03:46AM (#39451513)

Well, current bleeding edge semicos require like hundreds of billions if you start from 0

Meanwhile what about those materials that could allow you to make 1000x faster cpus, but we arent capable of manufacturing them at scale and also their lifespan is way shorter than silicon.

Im not saying 7T is reasonable, but if thats what he want to do, then it is very interesting and expensive as hell

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by giireon on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @03:43AM (#39451486)

7T is price anchoring at it's best. When he gets 1T it will seem normal.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by soneca on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @06:05AM (#39452401)

Or price anchoring at its worst. When he gets 100B it will look like a failure.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by baq on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @02:32AM (#39451069)

why not 8

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by supafastcoder on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @06:07AM (#39452415)

https://x.com/sama/status/1758347811786281355?s=46

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