> The only way to prevent that is to have surplus capacity prior to the pandemic. The only way to prevent that is to have surplus capacity prior to the pandemi

> The only way to prevent that is to have surplus capacity prior to the pandemic. The only way to prevent that is to have surplus capacity prior to the pandemic. "Capacity" in a fab means throughput. Contrary to the breathlessness that I hear when people describe modern semiconductor manufacturing, fabs are nowhere near optimal. There's plenty of dumb shit that happens in an ordinary day at a semiconductor fab—and consequently, lots of room for (easy) improvements. Fabs have lower than optimal capacity because they go heavy on hiring for things like a background in physics and chemistry, or tangential degrees like aerospace[1], but they don't treat IT concerns or the day-to-day processes that workers are engaged in like engineering problems. This gets you things like routine showstoppers that take 20+ minutes to resolve because that's how long it takes to go turn off the Caps Lock on a given workstation before being able to resume work. So much room for improvement. 1. and proficiency in Microsoft Office https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30021528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30021528