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It depends, if you are upgrading machines to produce smaller (5nm instead of 7nm) then you lose some productivity as you get lower yields. But many of the compa
by whazor 5y ago
It depends, if you are upgrading machines to produce smaller (5nm instead of 7nm) then you lose some productivity as you get lower yields. But many of the companies are adding totally new semiconductor equipment and not removing the older once. That being said, the massive chip shortage is across the entire spectrum, including the bigger older chips.
- Kliment 5y agoNobody is scrapping old equipment when they move to a new node. The equipment just gets sold to whoever is one rung down on the pecking order, to keep producing parts at a lower profit margin. Early 2000s processes are still in extensive use.