Automobiles are a special case. Automobile manufacturers are used to ordering suppliers around wrt price, lead times, and so on. Chip makers used to put up wi

Automobiles are a special case. Automobile manufacturers are used to ordering suppliers around wrt price, lead times, and so on. Chip makers used to put up with that, but when things got tight and other folks started waving dollar bills around, the chip makers said "hold it - we can get paid more AND not have to deal with those jerks?"