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Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by titzer on Thursday August 18, 2022 @11:03AM (#32510651)
I think you'd find it rude and, ultimately, unacceptable if a competitor with 1000x as much cash as you bought all of the raw materials that your business needs at a mark-up, leaving you completely unable to deliver any product whatsoever. That's rightly the kind of abuse of market position that is regulated by anti-trust laws.
Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by lostmsu on Thursday August 18, 2022 @12:30PM (#32511791)
I think this is perfectly fine, and AFAIK is not regulated unless the competitor literally dumps the chips.
Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by ksec on Friday August 19, 2022 @10:32AM (#32521444)
Except this is not what is happening. They are paying to buy all the "Top quality" A grade materials, the competitors has plenty of choice to buy B grade materials.

The seller of Top Quality Material are in no position to sell their A grade material to all buyers.

Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by scarface74 on Thursday August 18, 2022 @12:45PM (#32511990)
Try starting any hardware company and see how far you get - even if you don’t need cutting edge hardware.