Comments by "Martinit0" (@Martinit0) on "Can America’s Tech Giants Get Together u0026 Start a Chipmaker?" video.

  1. Moreover, being the leading edge in one generation doesn't guarantee that you will successfully ramp the next gen too. See Intel. It's possible to lose the edge ;-)
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  2. Real Jon has been kidnapped
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  3.  @stevebabiak6997  Impossibru! Probably the real Jon has been replaced by a voice actor double.
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  4.  @Singular121  He probably meant "in the general direction of Thailand" LOL
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  5. No, I think they want to slowly raise the amount of VRAM with every generation, to keep up demand. Also large amount of RAM is typically needed by AI applications, so giving consumer GPUs low amount of RAM naturally prevents use of consumer GPU for serious AI workloads.
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  6. Also GPUs need to hit certain price points. If you add more RAM than absolutely needed you'll have a premium card (which indeed are those with more RAM).
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  7. Why ASML clone? There is quite limited demand for litho machines, especially EUV. If you add a second company, units shipped will be half for both. What we really need is a NVIDIA clone, pronto. They are the actual price gougers.
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  8. No, they couldn't get enough customers to commit. Those potential customers knew the supply was artificially suppressed and could be quickly brought back to high supply. So investing in a fab was a high risk not only technically but also financially.
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  9. Bro, have you heard of the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Acron Archimedes, ARM and there is a bunch of good UK computer game studios on the software side.
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