That tech is so incredibly expensive (R&D alone is in the billions) that there are only a small handful of companies that can even pretend to do it. IBM (obviously), TSMC, Samsung, Intel, and who else? AMD? Apple dumps billions into R&D but doesn't make any of the stuff. The number of fabs can probably be counted on a couple hands.
It's just mind boggling to me how much money is involved, and how unlikely your chances are at ever getting into the game. The expertise and the money are all owned by, like, 3 people [/sarcasm].
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