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Re:The world is one bad decision away from a silicon Ice Age by ThrowawayR2 on Monday January 12, 2026 @04:30PM (#46594557)
There are literally hundreds of semiconductor fabs of various types and process nodes spread all around the world ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat... ) and the most common chips are fabricated on older, larger process nodes anyway.
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Re:The world is one bad decision away from a silicon Ice Age by nehal3m on Monday January 12, 2026 @05:19PM (#46595041)
Those are facts, but the industry remains fragile. It didn't take much during Covid, and the Nexperia supply shock combined with DRAM shortages are doing a number on automotive right now.

And I imagine the chips manufactured on older larger process nodes would be subsumed to replace newer ones where possible, which cascades. But that's just conjecture on my part.

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