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jeffinRTP t1_j1v1mkk wrote

Reply to comment by TheAmorphous in Chipmakers Struggle With Inventory Buildup On Pandemic Demand Correction by Genevieves_bitch

That's what I was wondering about. There was articles about the chips they use were ancient like you said and they were not being made that much. It might be that the manufacturer moved to higher priced chips and retired the old fab equipment.

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empirebuilder1 t1_j1x6xs0 wrote

> It might be that the manufacturer moved to higher priced chips and retired the old fab equipment.

That's exactly what happened. Square footage in a fab clean room is $$$$$$. If there's no orders coming in for an older process that shit gets chucked and replaced with new equipment running modern nodes faster than your mother can suck down a hot dog. And automotive was the worst offender at being dead stuck on old processes, because retooling their own integrated components is money they hate spending.

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