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← Lithography machines alone cost about as much as the entire building put up to house them.

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Everything filed under semiconductors semiconductors Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under China China Everything filed under Japan Japan Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Lithography machines alone cost about as much as the entire building put up to house them. Lithography machines alone cost about asmuch as the entire building put up tohouse them. Last stated 2 years ago 3 May 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A semiconductor fab is mostly its tools; the building around them is the cheap part. — tap to centre the map on it A semiconductor fab is mostly itstools; the building around them isthe cheap part. Last stated 2 years ago 3 May 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every new process node makes a fab about 30 per cent more expensive to build than the one before it. — tap to centre the map on it Every new process node makes a fababout 30 per cent more expensive tobuild than the one before it. Last stated 2 years ago 3 May 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The chip industry split into fabless designers and a handful of foundries because fabs got too expensive to own, not because anyone chose that structure. — tap to centre the map on it The chip industry split into fablessdesigners and a handful of foundriesbecause fabs got too expensive toown, not because anyone chose thatstructure. Last stated 2 years ago 3 May 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A semiconductor fab costs what it costs because it is a mass-production factory that has to hold atomic precision around the clock. — tap to centre the map on it A semiconductor fab costs what itcosts because it is amass-production factory that has tohold atomic precision around theclock. Last stated 2 years ago 3 May 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hundreds of billions of dollars of AI value rest on about a billion dollars of lithography tooling that cannot be scaled quickly. — tap to centre the map on it Hundreds of billions of dollars ofAI value rest on about a billiondollars of lithography tooling thatcannot be scaled quickly. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre earns its county farmore tax revenue per gallon of waterthan a golf course does. Last stated a year ago 11 Oct 2025 AM Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre should be split intoindependent power blocks feddirectly at 1500 volts DC, ratherthan run through one centraldistribution system. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it A country is primarily for itsnative people Last stated a year ago 15 Sept 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it American shipyards are unproductiverather than expensive: their workersare paid about what Korean andJapanese shipyard workers are paid. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jan 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Chinese pop culture will not experience an absolute flowering like 90s Japan because CCP censorship makes it boring — tap to centre the map on it Chinese pop culture will notexperience an absolute floweringlike 90s Japan because CCPcensorship makes it boring Last stated 3 weeks ago 5 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Lithography machines alone cost about as much as the entire building put up to house them. Last stated 3 May 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Brian Potter Read this korrent →