Quote from: spoonbandits on Today at 04:45:08 AM

I'm more interested to see if any US based foundries get into the game for the chips. Texas Instruments, maybe? Seems like most US based foundries are firmly settled in the military/rf space.

On that note, does anyone have the data/specs for these Samsung 8nm semis being used in the latest generation of miners? I can never seem to find any specifics.
Any prospective US based miner manufacturer would have to bulk order these things, big time.

This brings up another topic. The chinese has leapfrogged us in technology, and we have yet to realize it... in the mainstream its something we talk about happening "possibly" in the future. But looking at the miners: asia is at 7nm (such as the latest SHA256 miners, and 5nm coming?)... and we can't make our own medical masks. jesus... im afraid. I feel like we are just a system of finance, laws/patents.

such foundries that are capable of 7nm, and fine tuned to produce at an acceptable yield isn't easy to build. Intel isn't at 7nm yet are they?