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   djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-May-2026 06:07:27 JST djsumdog
   I wonder if it's even possible to startup-fund or kickstart a d-ram fab today.
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     Spooke (spooke@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-May-2026 06:27:02 JST Spooke

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     @PurpCat @djsumdog Fwiw isn't it tens of billions of dollars to even make a fab in current year. Nevermind the fact that you need copious amounts of water too.
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-May-2026 06:27:02 JST djsumdog

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     @jeremiah

     matter of will, capital, and talent.

     The people who know how to do this stuff are high specialized. There are engineering marvels that might as well just be black magic (like using 99.♾ quartz crucibles to make 99.♾ pure silicon).

     If you cold find the right laid off engineers, you might be able to make a 1980s style Texas Instruments small-prototype fab in a year. I'd like to think with the right investments and core engineering team, a startup might have a shot with less than $100m in funding, of making reliable consumer and server products within 5 year .. but that's a big stretch.

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     Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 23-May-2026 06:27:03 JST Pawlicker

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     @djsumdog it requires money the people impotently posting don't have