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by _hl_ 1804 days ago
The two aren't really related. It's a bit like saying "we were able to build computers, surely we can also build <insert arbitrary tech thing>". Still waiting for that high-temperature superconductor.

As far as I understand it, the biggest problem is getting the manufacturing precision good enough. The more you scale, the more precise the manufacturing needs to be, which was never really a problem with microprocessors.