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The upfront cost may plummet if you don't need to redevelop and replace your entire tooling every five or so years.
by hoseja 4y ago
The upfront cost may plummet if you don't need to redevelop and replace your entire tooling every five or so years.
- Vt71fcAqt7 4y agoThis is an excelent point I hadn't thought of. The industry is currently chasing itself upward, which prevents the supply chain from maturing. I found that the cost to build a 65nm plant was $1.2B in 2021[0] which is a pretty mature node and that's still a large upfront cost, and smaller nodes would be even more expensive. So it's hard to say how low prices could fall. [0]https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bosch-inaugurates-1-2b-factory-155750443.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bosch-inaugurates-1-2b-factor...