Dan Kuntz and Matt Palmer argue that hardware progress depends on physical manufacturing scaling rather than AI design tools

@mattparlmer Hurry

Not in Newark tho, we’re putting silicon back in the valley

“Solving hardware” in any meaningful sense looks less like LLM schematic generators and more like building several hundred PCB factories in Newark NJ

@dankuntz Stated preference: reindustrialization Revealed preference: govt subsidy on uneconomic vanity project near me

@dankuntz With a zip line straight to your apartment

@type1ayy As an american I want it to be convenient for me specifically

@dankuntz NJ? Do you want this to work or not

@dankuntz in my experience everytime I've heard someone say they're "solving hardware" they really mean they're optimizing/improving some part of the software stack for hardware.

@dankuntz one step at its time

@type1ayy Now you’re getting it

@tylerangert @dankuntz Speed running Diamond Age