• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      So building new production facilities in another location, with all it takes including logistics, is supposed to be cheaper than continuing an existing production?
      It may be so, but something is wrong with this.

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        4 months ago

        I was only answering your question. It was shortsighted to close down those production lines. The obvious answer is to rebuild the capacity to make those chips, which will of course be expensive and may not even pay for itself.

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          4 months ago

          Yes, I’m not contradicting you, it’s just weird to close production lines that have orders. But maybe the more expensive fabs try to force production to newer processes, because that makes them more money?