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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by Weryj on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:53AM (#44681423)
Saudi Arabia has regulation on the lightbulbs which require more LEDs run at lower power.

They last a lot longer.

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Re:AMD CEO Sees Chips from TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More by HPsquared on Friday July 25, 2025 @05:59AM (#44681460)
Yes LEDs massively change the parameters, I'm more talking about the historic Phoebus cartel and the properties of incandescent filament lamps.
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