> Isn't this just because of overall chip shortage? AFAIU, no. The basic problem, again AFAIU and I'm not an expert on this topic so take with a grain of salt,

> Isn't this just because of overall chip shortage? AFAIU, no. The basic problem, again AFAIU and I'm not an expert on this topic so take with a grain of salt, is that while the marginal cost of each transistor might still be less than at the previous generation, the R&D and capital costs have grown so immense that once you amortize those costs over the stuff produced for the lifetime of that process generation you end up with a higher per transistor cost compared to the previous generation. > Any source for this? Anything I've saw contradict that. Just search the web for articles about the breakdown of Dennard scaling, plenty of stuff to read on the topic. Even wikipedia mentions it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennard_scaling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennard_scaling