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I don’t see what the big deal is. You could order a whole reel of voltage regulators off digikey and they’d fit in a backpack. There’s no way to stop the moveme
by chasd00 4y ago
I don’t see what the big deal is. You could order a whole reel of voltage regulators off digikey and they’d fit in a backpack. There’s no way to stop the movement of low level ICs around the world no matter who/where they were produced. It would be like trying prevent Iran from getting a hold of American nails.
- Maursault 4y agoIt isn't voltage regulators and ICs. The poster that said so just made that up. It's computer chips.
- lazide 4y agoVoltage regulators and ICs are often chips.
- Maursault 4y agoSo are potato chips, that doesn't make them CPUs. This is called a category error.
- lazide 4y agoNo, potato chips are not ‘chips’ in this context. CPUs are a type of IC, commonly known as a ‘chip’ in this context. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit] That’s called ‘not knowing what the definition of something is’.
- Maursault 4y agoICs aren't necessarily CPUs.
- lazide 4y agoBut all CPUs are ICs - and hence chips. Also, there are many voltage regulator ICs (and hence chips), and a great many other ICs (and hence chips) used in pretty much every piece of electronic equipment now a days. Motor controllers, microprocessors, etc. Literally even children’s stuffed toys have them.
- deathanatos 4y ago> It isn't […] ICs. […] It's computer chips. "Chip" is the layman term for an integrated circuit, or IC.
- Maursault 4y agoI did not realize this. I thought a computer chip, meaning a CPU, was distinct from the IC on which it was implemented. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
- deathanatos 4y agoIn case you don't want just my word on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Computer_chip&redirect=no https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Computer_chip&redirect=no ; the first paragraph of the linked page for ICs notes it, as well.
- Maursault 4y agoSo IC = CPU and vice versa? They are synonyms? Socrates was a man. I am a man. I am Socrates.