As mentioned earlier, in 2011, the most advanced chip process was 32 nanometers-but that was not until the second half of the year.
Although this was the Marvel Universe, superhero technology and civilian technology seemed to be two completely separate things-
The Osborn Group could casually put together biological DNA modeling and ultra-high-fidelity, real-time DNA insertion models, yet ordinary people were still using the same old 32 nm chips.
Surely Osborn was not using enormous computers built on a 32 nm process too?
It did not look that way.
Then again, in 2077, chip fabrication processes really were extremely advanced, and the chips integrated perfectly with human nerves.
But production methods varied wildly-
There was a type of chip called an "Etching Work Shard." As long as the user had a compatible Cyber-Eye, arm and spinal implants, and the right equipment, they could become a human lithography machine.
This kind of work had emerged during the brief recovery period after the collapse of the Old Net. People no longer had AI available, and they barely even dared to connect to the net, let alone automate production.
Lier had learned about this work at Arasaka Academy. Whether the assembly lines in Orbital City worked that way, he did not know.
In 2011, though, finding a foundry to manufacture the chips was still the more suitable choice. These things could make a lot of money-a whole lot of money.
This foundry was one of the most famous chip foundries, XMSC.
As a quality contract manufacturer, they also had fairly high standards for their clients, and naturally, they could read the design blueprints.
Anthony did not understand the technology, so he could only bring Lier in to discuss the important matters with them-
Right now, he was following along beside Lier to learn.