[rcxdude]

Chip manufacturing has unusually long spin-up times, high capital costs and relatively thin margins for anything but the latest and greatest processes, compared to most industries.

[bigbadfeline]

Well, let's remove the sanctions from China then and we'll get a better idea about costs and spin-times.

BTW all RAM is severely overpriced, not only the one using the latest process nodes.

[brookst]

You seem more invested in hating RAM manufacturers than interested in the actual economics of the business.

Look up Qiminda, ProMOS, Elpida. They invested in capacity during booms.