Chip makers never seemed to have figured out the bullwhip effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect

Chip makers never seemed to have figured out the bullwhip effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect , and I would personally guess intentionally as a way to purposefully keep workers fearful (as serious layoffs are guaranteed every couple of years during slow periods, meaning during worker-squeeze periods you obey or end up first to be gone in a year).