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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Though the actual silicon in a computer chip doesn't cost all that much. Even after all the intensive processing and laying down patterns on the chip, it's maybe a few bucks for a CPU. What costs is all the work that goes into developing the logic that is encoded into the specific circuit patterns.
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Even without the logic, the wafers themselves are expensive and require high tech robots, chemistry, machining, and inspection. I work at a wafer fab, which is probably why I thought of computer chips when thinking of how growing metals into specific shapes sounds expensive.