Comment on How did it come to be that only two companies supply all of the world's PC graphics chips?

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despoticruin@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Patents and the fact that these chips are massively complex designs. We are talking architecture on the complexity level of the empire state building, most of which is a blend of proprietary designs developed over decades.

Nobody is saying you can’t do it in your garage, in fact it’s easier than ever to start. Let me know how it goes, look into some of the recent tapeout challenges to get an idea of what you are proposing people just make in a garage.

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