3 ms·

> Auto manufacturers need 380nm production lines. They "need" chips made on a 28 year old process? I'd really want a source for this. Even if it were true, the

• akiselev 6y ago
  A source for what? Billion dollar capital projects have a lifetime of at least 30 years. RAD6000 CPUs are still made on 0.5um fabs.
  • burnte 6y ago
    A source that modern cars can't be built without .35um chips. I didn't say those old fabs aren't still pumpingout chips, in fact I pointed out THEY ARE still pumping out chips, despite the parent saying they had all been shuttered. I doubt that modern cars can't be built without old process chips, but would like a source rather than simply saying parent is wrong.
    • akiselev 6y ago
      My apologies, I completely misread what both you and the GP were saying
    • Arrath 6y ago
      I don't think its so much that the cars must be built with old chips, its that the designs are built, software written, tested, and safety certified around the specific chips they have. Whos to say the full process to swap out a handful of chips within the car and getting any required tests and certifications done wouldn't take as long or longer than waiting for the next production run of the spec'd chips?