The cost of semiconductor manufacturing has escalated dramatically over the past few decades, driven by the increasing complexity of chip designs and the need for more advanced fabrication processes. As transistor sizes shrink to atomic scales, the equipment and facilities required to produce has become more expensive. A single EUV lithography machine costs over $150 million. Building a state-of-the-art semiconductor fab costs over $20 billion. The average cost per wafer at 5nm costs is around $16k, 60% jump from 10k at 7nm. High cost is the limiting factor to experimentation creating a high barrier to entry and increasing the risk of experimentation with novel designs or materials.