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originally posted by: Spacespider
Perhaps they are already mass producing hence the shortage of chips worldwide.
originally posted by: beyondknowledge
a reply to: Gapkid2020
If you make one, it will probably cost a million dollars. If you make ten million of them, it would probably cost a million dollars for them all. That is how things work on that scale of production.
originally posted by: Gapkid2020
originally posted by: beyondknowledge
a reply to: Gapkid2020
If you make one, it will probably cost a million dollars. If you make ten million of them, it would probably cost a million dollars for them all. That is how things work on that scale of production.
What if it's been in development for centuries? "They" would probably have found some much cheaper work around by 2021. I mean we had the tech to split an Atom centuries ago, things would probably have evolved cheaper by now.
originally posted by: beyondknowledge
No one learned how to split atoms. The unstable ones do that naturally. We learned how to encourage them to split when we wanted.
A very sharp chisel is not involved.
originally posted by: beyondknowledge
originally posted by: Gapkid2020
originally posted by: beyondknowledge
a reply to: Gapkid2020
If you make one, it will probably cost a million dollars. If you make ten million of them, it would probably cost a million dollars for them all. That is how things work on that scale of production.
What if it's been in development for centuries? "They" would probably have found some much cheaper work around by 2021. I mean we had the tech to split an Atom centuries ago, things would probably have evolved cheaper by now.
You are thinking of a process like shrinking automatons. That is not the way they are made. Think photographic emulsions. That is how microchips are made. Nanites are tiny microchips with mechanical elements. They are made thousands at a time. If you want only one, you more or less have to hand make it with a powerful microscope.
You can literally make millions for the same price as making one. It is how the manufacturing process works. It is not worth building the factory equipment for one but is easily done to make very many copies.