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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1578286)	12/19/2025 9:30:07 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580159

I've seem articles pointing out how this merger makes it the first publicly traded fusion company and it is on the verge of going commercial. AFAIK, they haven't hit breakeven, much less net power. Yet are primed to go commercial in 2027. Or maybe 2030. Possibly later. Stories vary. A quote from a redditor from last year... In 1998 they said they would have break even in three years and commercial demo in five. After twelve years of that story they started saying five and seven instead. Now it’s seven and ten. Zeno would be proud. It has Theranos written all over it. Yeah, I know Google has thrown them some money. Google wants fusion, badly. They have invested in several and so has Microsoft. That isn't really a sign of success. Now I think we are closer to fusion than we have even been before. Like with AI, it has been a goal that has been tantalizingly close since the 1950s. But close/horse shoes/hand grenades/nuclear weapons doesn't quite close the deal.