• Nomecks
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    4 months ago

    It’ll be US gov, military or Israel, since they make a load of chips there. The US government will not let intel fail.

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      4 months ago

      Military doesn’t use cutting edge dies like 14A. Armed forces prefer rock solid performance under duress from older, larger dies. Not 8086 levels, but like 45nm architecture. The older dies have the benefit of mature logistics and material sources which make supply more reliable while years of iterative manufacturing QC has driven the costs to the lowest possible.

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          4 months ago

          What drone uses 14A chips? Most drones use chips from a decade ago because they are cheap and numerous.

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            The cheap drones currently in use require human control. The next generation will be autonomous with automatic targeting, so no human input and impervious to jamming. This requires a lot of processing power. The world is about to become a very scary place…