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Re:How to Design and Manufacture Your Own Chip [video] by huppeldepup on Saturday June 15, 2024 @09:41AM (#40689743) 

  there's no real reason for hobbyists to design a custom IC - anything they can afford to get manufactured could be done on an FPGA.
Except if you work on a mac. No fpga for apple.
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Re:How to Design and Manufacture Your Own Chip [video] by IshKebab on Saturday June 15, 2024 @10:09AM (#40689924)
"Hmm no FPGA software for Mac, I guess I will have to design a custom ASIC instead...", said nobody.
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