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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • Honestly micro lithography and chip design in and of themselves have been moving towards only a few big players in the space. TSMC is more advanced than any other manufacturer, and NVIDIA’s chip designs at the top end just have no competition for raw performance and capability, even aside from their software/AI work. Don’t get me wrong, all the major chip manufacturers have their respective anticompetitive bullshit, but traditional silicon is such a hard space to even keep up in, never mind break into.







  • Yeah I’ve been consistently tempted to check out used server components because I know that there’s some great performance to be had there for the price. Thinking that I had to buy a new board is what ultimately put me off my search, since the whole point of going used is to save money haha. If I can be reasonably certain that a given used mobo will last me for a few years then I’d be very interested in checking that out. Thanks!