Re: You're probably right
I'd go further. Bleeding edge chips are only primarily necessary in HPC, gaming, and crypto mining.
AWS's Graviton chip which runs the world uses a 16 nm process.
As ElReg commenters will point out, general purpose computing doesn't need bleeding edge.
The car industry shutdown was about a lack of bog standard chips.
And, as far as the military, it's been reported that due to sanctions Russia has been using household appliance chips for weapon system repairs.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
