@felurian8 It's tough because the machines that are used for making chips are themselves in short supply, lol... ramping production isn't trivial! everyone wants cheap electronics and TSMC gets economies of scale; covid uncertainty upset supply chain & put investment on hold a few yrs ago
@felurian8 https://www.firstpost.com/world/asml-holdings-dutch-company-that-has-monopoly-over-global-semiconductor-industry-12030422.html (tho lol they have agreed to limits wrt china since this was published)
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