You can use an inferior chip, but the few fabs that are out there are many generations behind. Suddenly your cruise missile has reduce accuracy, or range, or detection avoidance etc. Your targeting lock on is slower, your radar doesn’t detect as well etc.
The fab Taiwan built in the US is 2-3 generations behind I believe, intentionally, so the most cutting edge stuff was still theirs.
Samsung is the next closest at 7nm if I’m seeing things right and it gets much worse from there and it quickly goes to the teens or higher.
For you and me, it could be like getting laptops/phones 5-10 years old tech wise as there aren’t enough of the near level fabs to support everything, and that’s not getting into all the fancy things like what Apple does with their SoC, no one else might be able to do that kind of thing.
You can use an inferior chip, but the few fabs that are out there are many generations behind. Suddenly your cruise missile has reduce accuracy, or range, or detection avoidance etc. Your targeting lock on is slower, your radar doesn’t detect as well etc.
The fab Taiwan built in the US is 2-3 generations behind I believe, intentionally, so the most cutting edge stuff was still theirs.
Samsung is the next closest at 7nm if I’m seeing things right and it gets much worse from there and it quickly goes to the teens or higher.
For you and me, it could be like getting laptops/phones 5-10 years old tech wise as there aren’t enough of the near level fabs to support everything, and that’s not getting into all the fancy things like what Apple does with their SoC, no one else might be able to do that kind of thing.
This guy gets it! :)