• joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 hours ago

    To be fair, it says in the article that this new transistor architecture can be fabricated with existing industrial platforms, so it doesn’t seem like it would require a whole lot of retooling.

    • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.net
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      also the game theory logic of

      As it turns out, 10% less energy use isn’t compelling enough to convince a trillion dollar industry to completely retool from the ground up, and even without the profit motive that’s unlikely to change much.

      is likely to play out differently outside of a US-style declining capitalist economy combined with China’s current situation.

      • Lussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.net
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        7 hours ago

        is likely to play out differently outside of a US-style declining capitalist economy combined with China’s current situation.

        I don’t think jaomarromis is saying the profit motive is the biggest factor in making the logistics complicated.