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Europe completes first phase of silicon independence project

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Re: Jingoistic nonsense

We are perhaps 6 months away from solving that issue.

It didn't help that when the economy tanked in 2020, most semi fabs decided to cut production capacity, only to find chip sales essentially bouncing back quicker than expected. Followed by a blind panic of factories ordering far too much, when faced with existential risks and 12-24 month delivery leadtimes.

For sure, I know our purchasing team severely crapped the bed when orders went from "confirmed delivery next month" to "oops! 12-18 months". We now have orders for 24 months of critical components and hoovering up any vaguely grey market stock we can find.

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