The Picard ManeuverM to Lemmy Shitpost • 1 year agoThey'll make anything you needstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down19
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minus-square@RegalPotoolinkEnglish14•1 year agoBecause if you are a microchip manufacturer in the 70s: Calculators are a reasonably good revenue stream once you’ve developed a chip, but needs a ton of upfront investment Defence contractors have essentially unlimited budgets from DoD, need chips, and are more than willing to pay for all the R&D to get what they need The entire US tech and aerospace industries are built on what is effectively massive government subsidies in the form of weapons contracts
Because if you are a microchip manufacturer in the 70s:
The entire US tech and aerospace industries are built on what is effectively massive government subsidies in the form of weapons contracts