"gigacasting" is akin to semiconductor lithography vs discrete logic. A cast part needs a bit of finishing machine work and validation, but is otherwise "liqui

"gigacasting" is akin to semiconductor lithography vs discrete logic. A cast part needs a bit of finishing machine work and validation, but is otherwise "liquid metal goes here / finished part comes out" -- very very fast and space efficient. Welding things together introduces dimensional errors, is slow, messy, and requires tons of space. But like semiconductor lithography -- the bigger the output the lower the yields. At a certain point it probably makes sense to just make 2-5 parts and bolt them together vs 1 big part. (See also -- chiplets)