[functionmouse]

it's exactly why we're not allowed a competitive market for CPUs

we could all be burning our own tiny ~300nm feature size ICs at home for around the price of a blu ray burner and a dark room setup. Our silicon limitations are not for a lack of hardware, but rather a lack of freedom.

[bob1029]

> a lack of freedom

> ~300nm feature size

Can you point to a specific regulation that prevents me from crafting shitty semiconductors in my shed? I am pretty sure there are entire YouTube channels dedicated to this.

[fc417fc802]

I think it's less any regulation and more the lack of products to facilitate it. The guys rolling their own from scratch on youtube weren't anywhere near 300 nm last I checked.

[15155]

There are plenty of products to facilitate small-scale semiconductor manufacture: university nanofabs all over the world have them.

You can, too, without much/any paperwork... if you have the funds.

[kouteiheika]

> I am pretty sure there are entire YouTube channels dedicated to this.

There is: https://www.youtube.com/@Dr.Semiconductor

[margalabargala]

IP laws. You personally might be able to do this. But should you attempt to sell a device that makes it easy for anyone to do, you will get sued into oblivion.

There's a big difference.