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What does “risk order” mean in terms of manufacturing? It’s on one of the graphics in the article but for some reason I’m having trouble getting a good hit for

• ww520 6y ago
  I think it meant to be "risk production." Risk production in chip fabrication process is the step to produce a batch of chips that's after prototype but before production. Basically all the specs and designs have been nailed down and frozen. It's time to go through the manufacture process once to see how things go before committing to mass production.
  • usrusr 6y ago
    Sounds a lot like calling dibs on prototype production that may or may not yield functional units. The money paid would be financing a later, safer regular production start date. If they are lucky, the risk buyer can make a lot of money from the temporary exclusivity and despite talking all the risk they can still rely on the producer trying their best because they wouldn't want to risk succeeding too close to the regular production start date because contracts after that surely define fines for being late.
• Serow225 6y ago
  You can opt in to an earlier delivery than the "mass delivery" target date, with the acknowledgement that it's significantly more likely to slip. And sometimes the prices are higher.