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These chips are based on years of R&D in physics, chemistry, materials science, chip design, fabrication engineering, algorithms, and 137 other developments to do it at a large scale to create reliable products at a price that at least some consumers can afford. The performance gains are what basic researchers dream about when they invent some small piece of that puzzle with some vague hope of making the world a little better.
Where does it actually go? Videogames, cryptocurrency, and now AI – whatever that is.
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