I've said it before: there's lots of low-hanging fruit in semiconductor manufacturing. Even ignoring the present shortage, it's been the case for a while that

I've said it before: there's lots of low-hanging fruit in semiconductor manufacturing. Even ignoring the present shortage, it's been the case for a while that there are gains to be had for a competent tech giant with deep enough pockets to take on manufacturing themselves. Too many outsiders tend to err on giving the benefit of the doubt, thinking that there's some sort of Chesterton's fence (you can see this in the comments here), but it's just not true. So much of what causes delays that I've seen firsthand comes down to unbelievably inefficient business processes plus the less-than-stellar pool of candidates that the industry overwhelmingly prefers to hire from.