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[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

When China says 5 to 10 years they probably mean 2 to 4 years

[–] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 months ago

Underpromise, overdeliver, it's the way to keep the proletariat happy.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 months ago
[–] Rondomi@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Even if we use the worst interpretation, companies were still making and distributing beastly and reliable chips 10 years ago. I should know, I'm using a 10 year old chip.

EDIT: Specifically, it's the i7 4790k. 4.4 GHz, 4 cores, 8 threads, it may not be as good as chips nowadays but it's never disappointed me in the long time I've had it.

[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

AFAIK it's not just about the chips they sell but more importantly the ones they don't. Their technologies for 7-5 nm chips have lower yields than the Western counterparts. I'm assuming the comparison they drew was over silicon spent, since back then they were using 14 nm.