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SilverZero-03 t1_je87m3c wrote

You're somewhat right about labor costs. However there is an absurd amount of specialized labor needed to make the fabs run at the cutting edge. Look at how Intel tried and failed falling behind TSMC.

The other issue from a corporate perspective is the fabs are silly expensive. I'm pretty sure they are the most expensive buildings in the world once you account for all the equipment you need . Once you construct one, you need it to run 24/7 pumping out chips to even pretend to make the expenditure worth it. Hasn't the USA had some large profile power failures in the not to distant past? You'd be screaming at the moon as a fab if you suffered a shutdown caused by inadequate infrastructure outside your plant.

China is also trying to get at the high end of chips, and they earmarked over $140 billion USD, and remember that with purchasing power parity that money goes a lot further in China vs USA. All this is to say it is very expensive and technically difficult to be at the high end of fabs. I have a feeling both countries will end up with some higher end fabs, but give it time and they'll fail at keeping up the pace.

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FJB_letsgobrandun t1_je87e3v wrote

Like I said, I am not supporting those things, or endorsing anything illegal, but the touchy feely, content moderation, get banned for using the wrong pronoun kind of things, get banned because they disagree with you, offended by everything approach to everything is ridiculous. Things are better without being curated.

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ericneo3 t1_je86s9y wrote

Can they really afford to?

They like Ubisoft have been releasing duds now for a while and most of their senior staff at their studios left over the last few years.

Apex legends is currently keeping them afloat but that will wane and lose people overtime. If they screw up the next Dragon Age that will be the end of Bioware and if they screw up the next Battlefield that will be the end of Dice.

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despitegirls t1_je8514s wrote

That computer is probably older than half the people on Reddit. Of course it's just a client for it, the hardware is way less powerful than even a smartwatch. He still had to overcome a ton of little challenges to get this working.

Edit: CPU and RAM for this machine:

  • Intel 8088 4.77Mhz CPU
  • 640KB conventional memory (using upgrade kit)

https://yeokhengmeng.com/2023/03/building-a-dos-chatgpt-client-in-2023/

His title is more accurate btw.

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