• 0xDREADBEEF@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 hours ago

    Chips. Where are they made? Right now its in Taiwan. Wafers for these chips are the most expensive part and that requires special factories and incredibly expensive engineers.

    Valve cant just make chipa, they have to make it in quantities to satisfy demand while justifying upstart costs.

    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Yeah, you have to make much more than you need and sell the excess to keep per unit costs down. At that point you’re a chip manufacturer. I’m not sure even valve could afford the startup costs involved.