Chips are not getting cheaper.

Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises::As wafer fab tools are getting more expensive, so do fabs and, ultimately, chips. A new report claims that

Your device will be 11% faster and the battery will last 6% more but it will dramatically change the way you interact with your device.

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If it’s enough to run on-device ai, it’s a win. Imagine autocorrect being able to mangle your texting without ever connecting to the cloud. Huge prvacy win.

With the goggles coming soon, I think they’ll focus chip improvements on GPU and neural engine to better support that

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And cost 4000% more.

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