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by baybal2 1795 days ago
Automotive chips are less than 1% of TSMCs volume, but they can shout the loudest, have big pockets, and lobbying power.
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"Big pockets" isn't really true in this aspect. Part of the problem with the automotive chip crisis is that car companies are stingy customers and treat their suppliers badly, with insane contracts. So when production was stopped, they cancelled orders. When they restarted production, not having any stock, suppliers gave them the middle finger because they had other less stingy customers to serve.

Automotive is influential, but all their suppliers hate them with a passion.