[baybal2]

> It makes me wonder if it would be possible to build a chip-manufacturing plant for any reasonable amount of money to produce these chips that don't need to be 7nm GPU powerhouses, but like the old clunker chips that can't get attention from the big guys.

> Almost like starting a "generics" business in pharma medication but for older chipsets.

There is actually a great interest in this business, but mainly from Chinese. World's biggest 200mm fab is in Shanghai. A decision to build a brand new 200mm fab would've never flew in the West.

Chinese 3rd-4th-n-th tier fabs been vacuuming the market for old equipment for last 5 years.

> I'm sure there's a great trade to be had in producing the lower end stuff.

At this very moment, production on 150mm-200mm wafers is actually few times more profitable than on the latest process because everybody is now ready to pay absolutely ridiculous premiums.