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1. karlkloss · 1790854478 · focus · HN ↗

   We just buried an ASIC design that was nearly finished. Reason: There was a deviation that would've needed a mask change, but because of AI chip demand, the manufacturer wanted so much money for it, that we said screw it.

   So we now have AI powered chip design tools that make chip design cheaper, but because of AI, chip manufacturing has become so expensive, that we can't afford it anymore.

   Nice.

   1. rfgplk · 1790858880 · focus · HN ↗

      Local manufacturing is the next open challenge in hardware. If a pizza can be baked locally, why not chips?

      1. Muromec · 1790859530 · focus · HN ↗

         Pizza making smol machine, low precision, child baking big machine, trees expensive, can't have locally

         1. ewild · 1790860124 · focus · HN ↗

            Used to be a bakers oven was one per town, maybe big precise machine becomes cheap smol precise machine

            1. jacquesm · 1790880248 · focus · HN ↗

               3D printers are a nice analogy, but the complexity level is orders of magnitude higher for chip making, besides the stability of the environment requirements.
         2. bkaae · 1790862426 · focus · HN ↗

            Child baking machine still human job, chip baking is harder

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