@HephaistosF we do have manufacturing coming back onshore, but also existing capacity is cheaper than new capacity and automation is not as easy as you make it sound, particularly given competition for chips
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Reply · Feb 3, 2023@felurian8 It's tough because the machines that are used for making chips are themselves in short supply, lol... ramping production isn't trivial!…Reply · Mar 1, 2022@varunramg @eigenrobot I think the chip manufacturers not selling to them hurts significantly because they don't have domestic capacity?Reply · Sep 10, 2021@wineMdineEM69em @KishinManglani @typesfast I mean like adding more equipment in the terminal is harder if it's all on backorder pending chip…Reply · Jul 24, 2021@deepfates If that happens I'll look for an alt explanation. Don't see how a chip shortage causing idle factories benefits the economy as a whole (tho…