that’s really silly to argument. only a few manufactures in the world even have the capabilities to produce GPUs and CPUs. even China doesn’t have the fabrication capabilities with current generation. So of course, Valve is going to purchase GPUs from a 3rd party unless you expect them to spend tens of billions of dollars to start their own silicon fabrication…but oh wait, now they have to purchase silicon, so they’ll start their own silicon mine… but now they need trucks…so they start their own truck manufacture…
Comment on Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees
imecth@fedia.io 4 months agoMy point being that while valve itself has only 350 employees, it subcontracts far more than that.
piccolo@ani.social 4 months ago
imecth@fedia.io 4 months ago
You missed my point, I only used AMD as an example because it's listed in the thread.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Do we include the plumber that unclogs the toilets too?
imecth@fedia.io 4 months ago
Yes.