it's exactly why we're not allowed a competitive market for CPUs
replywe could all be burning our own tiny ~300nm feature size ICs at home for around the price of a blu ray burner and a dark room setup. Our silicon limitations are not for a lack of hardware, but rather a lack of freedom.
> a lack of freedom
reply> ~300nm feature size
Can you point to a specific regulation that prevents me from crafting shitty semiconductors in my shed? I am pretty sure there are entire YouTube channels dedicated to this.
I think it's less any regulation and more the lack of products to facilitate it. The guys rolling their own from scratch on youtube weren't anywhere near 300 nm last I checked.
replyThere are plenty of products to facilitate small-scale semiconductor manufacture: university nanofabs all over the world have them.
replyYou can, too, without much/any paperwork... if you have the funds.
> I am pretty sure there are entire YouTube channels dedicated to this.
replyIP laws. You personally might be able to do this. But should you attempt to sell a device that makes it easy for anyone to do, you will get sued into oblivion.
replyThere's a big difference.
I think we are in the era we have so many CPU choices.
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