Comment by cogman10
5 days ago
Nah.
Being able to scale out is far more important than the underlying tech ultimately. I'd expect that China would pretty quickly copy this if it proves out and would likely start outstripping them.
5 days ago
Nah.
Being able to scale out is far more important than the underlying tech ultimately. I'd expect that China would pretty quickly copy this if it proves out and would likely start outstripping them.
I don't really see why Finland would be unable to scale production though? Expensive workforce? Surely that could be worked around, Sweden still produces semis and have similarly costly workforce. What other impediments do they even face?
because building things in Europe requires complying with a myriad laws and regulations.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted, this is objectively true.
Saying this as a German, where the economy is the worst it’s been in decades and our federal government acts incapable at changing this so far.
Anyone who’s been to China, Israel or the US will be familiar with the pragmatism and, more importantly speed things happen in these places.
I do like Europes rules on civil liberty and privacy protections, but let’s not pretend the bureaucracy is on a unique scale across the board.
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