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From what I remember, basically everything that isn't a phone or computer is on older process nodes that once were cutting edge. Some of these are so old that i
by Goz3rr 3y ago
From what I remember, basically everything that isn't a phone or computer is on older process nodes that once were cutting edge. Some of these are so old that it doesn't make economic sense anymore to scale up capacity, or it might not even be possible anymore to easily do so.
As a result you have production lines that were reasonably well suited for demand pre-covid, now having to deal with everyone stocking up on way more parts than they need because they don't want to deal with shortages again.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 3y agoTesla rewrote their software to use newer chips as soon as the crisis hit. Toyota could have done that a long time ago (they know a thing or two about supply chain, don't they?) but they prefer to keep the shortage as an excuse for their poor sales performance.
- Goz3rr 3y agoThis isn't just about microcontrollers that run software. There's shortages in MOSFETs, motor drivers, power regulation chips, you name it.
- maximus-decimus 3y agoConsidering the hackers news post about Toyota firmware having 10,000 global variables, I'm not so sure they can rewrite their software. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643551