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No car is using anything even near 7nm. The automotive sector is very cost sensitive and if anything, there’s too much complexity because they insist on using p

No car is using anything even near 7nm. The automotive sector is very cost sensitive and if anything, there’s too much complexity because they insist on using parts that are too old.

FrozenVoid 6y ago
In that case the car companies would have no problems with CPU supply https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-other-auto-makers-cut-output-on-chip-shortage-11610280001 https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-other-auto-makers-cut-outp...
- detaro 6y ago
  Where do you see that the shortages only affect 7nm parts? Because they don't, a wide range is impacted.
  - FrozenVoid 6y ago
    Market is dictated by 7nm as its the current gen lithography tech(with some 5nm fabs operating now) . You don't see them rushing to build fresh 40/65nm fabs just because cheap processors are in deficit, because its not profitable long-term.
    - detaro 6y ago
      And still, parts larger than 7nm are currently in shortage. 7nm is obviously extreme due to large competition around limited fab capacity, but not the only area with problems.