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> Why would we do that if the fabs themselves don't think it is worth paying their equipment manufacturers enough to afford their own chips? Because there is a
by throwawaygh 5y ago
> Why would we do that if the fabs themselves don't think it is worth paying their equipment manufacturers enough to afford their own chips?
Because there is a global chip shortage that is making life substantially worse for the vast majority of Americans. And because markets are tools used by man, not the other way around.
- s1artibartfast 5y ago>Because there is a global chip shortage that is making life substantially worse for the vast majority of Americans. Is it really? I don't know anyone who has had substantial impacts. Some prices have gone up, but I don't see the urgency.
- throwawaygh 5y agohttps://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/out-chips-out-work-auto-workers-tell-their-stories https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/out-chips-out-... > Some prices have gone up Specifically, prices on new and used cars that most Americans depend on -- for better or worse -- to do basically everything in their lives (including getting to work, getting to school, getting food, etc.)