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However “bad” CPU they are going to make, I can make even worse one for cheaper!
Submitted 14 hours ago by slamminsalmon@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.zip
However “bad” CPU they are going to make, I can make even worse one for cheaper!
roofuskit@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
$22M will barely buy you a production run, let alone a foundry.
fubarx@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It’s seed, using existing RISC IP. They can tape out an early prototype, or even just a simulated design, then use the performance numbers to raise the next round.
If anything, Intel proved that nobody in their right mind should ever go vertical and pay to build a fab again. TSMC in Arizona will happily take the job.