By: me (me.delete@this.me.com), September 25, 2021 11:40 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
> You can *RUN* it but you don't get the price premium that you
> get when it is new. TSMC still runs (as an example) 65nm fabs.
> But the big money is made when the fab is shiny and new. Part
> of Global Foundry's problem was that it kept being late to
> each node relative to TSMC and so couldn't charge the new-ness
> premium.
>
>
But when it's depreciated it's dirt cheap to run. It's still super profitable even though you are charging less for the finished wafer. Keeping demand up is the real problem.
> get when it is new. TSMC still runs (as an example) 65nm fabs.
> But the big money is made when the fab is shiny and new. Part
> of Global Foundry's problem was that it kept being late to
> each node relative to TSMC and so couldn't charge the new-ness
> premium.
>
>
But when it's depreciated it's dirt cheap to run. It's still super profitable even though you are charging less for the finished wafer. Keeping demand up is the real problem.