I wonder how Rochester Electronics is doing through all of this? They specialize in obsolete and EOL ICs. For a lot of their business, they're a conventional broker. They buy up stock that's going EOL, and later sell those chips to those in need.
Another part of the business is to actually build obsolete ICs. They buy up the rights and the masks to continue building chips after the original manufacturer wants to quit.
No clue if they hands their own fab, or if they rent time/subcontract to someone like TSMC.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
