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← The same law that made chips cheaper made the factories that produce them enormously more expensive.

8 connected korrents · 7 moments on record from 29 Jun 2023 to 1 Jul 2026.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The same law that made chips cheaper made the factories that produce them enormously more expensive. The same law that made chips cheapermade the factories that produce themenormously more expensive. BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it A government taking a stake inits chipmaker is ordinaryinfrastructure policy —Taiwan, Japan and Singapore… LT Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A homebuilt accelerator forces you to be your own operator; Nvidia systems are designed for anyone to operate, which is why they are in every cloud. — tap to centre the map on it A homebuilt accelerator forcesyou to be your own operator;Nvidia systems are designedfor anyone to operate, which… JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — 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 whatit costs because it is amass-production factory thathas to hold atomic precision… 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 mostlyits tools; the building aroundthem is the cheap part. BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AMD's hardware is in many ways better than NVIDIA's and it does not matter, because the software gulf is too large and AMD has never resourced closing it. — tap to centre the map on it AMD's hardware is in many waysbetter than NVIDIA's and itdoes not matter, because thesoftware gulf is too large and… DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: An outside expert's understanding of somebody else's problem is bounded, because they do not have to live with the design after they leave. — tap to centre the map on it An outside expert'sunderstanding of somebodyelse's problem is bounded,because they do not have to… KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who cannot write a full software stack for NVIDIA's generic GPUs has no chance of writing one for their own, more specialised, AI chip. — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who cannot write a fullsoftware stack for NVIDIA'sgeneric GPUs has no chance ofwriting one for their own… GH George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: ASML has never raised the price of a tool by more than it raised the tool's capability, which makes it the most generous monopoly in the industry. — tap to centre the map on it ASML has never raised theprice of a tool by more thanit raised the tool'scapability, which makes it the… DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The same law that made chips cheaper made the factories that produce them enormously more expensive. Holds Brian Potter Read this korrent →