Sunshine@piefed.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 days agoEuropean Hardware Manufactoring is One Of The End Goals!media.piefed.caimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down12
arrow-up1274arrow-down1imageEuropean Hardware Manufactoring is One Of The End Goals!media.piefed.caSunshine@piefed.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squarejgjl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoIf that would be great, unfortunately it’s more like $18k (https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmcs-wafer-pricing-now-usd18-000-for-a-3nm-wafer-increased-by-over-3x-in-10-years-analyst). And that’s not the biggest cost issue, it’s actually the mask, which is more like in the millions of USD (https://semianalysis.com/2022/07/24/the-dark-side-of-the-semiconductor/)
minus-squarebacon_pdp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoOr we could avoid the mask costs entirely https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34907885
If that would be great, unfortunately it’s more like $18k (https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmcs-wafer-pricing-now-usd18-000-for-a-3nm-wafer-increased-by-over-3x-in-10-years-analyst). And that’s not the biggest cost issue, it’s actually the mask, which is more like in the millions of USD (https://semianalysis.com/2022/07/24/the-dark-side-of-the-semiconductor/)
Or we could avoid the mask costs entirely
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34907885