alt Hacker NewsHelium supply issues are only going to make this worse.
I feel like for the first time in our lives we might have seen peak technology for the next few years. Everyone is going to have to make do instead of depending on ever increasing performance.
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> Helium supply issues are only going to make this worse.
I believe helium, although important constitutes a small percent of the cost of semiconductors, so its effect on price will be less severe. It will be more noticeable in other uses of helium though - party balloons could get very expensive etc.
I expect my 5 year old desktop will last a lot longer, but start worrying about the bathtub curve.
We stood still on Intel 14nm for YEARS, then a few years of decent progress, and now this. Moore's law is taking a beating.
Finally, good efficient code is going to get its moment to shine! Which will totally happen because it's not like 80% of the industry is vibe coding everything, right?
Ultra clean rooms with massive air handling systems can't recapture all their helium?
Or is this just a temporary thing based on where processing is located?
First time in your life?
Were you born after COVID and the 24 months of dire component shortages that followed?