[fernie]

Aww, I really wanted a cottage industry of chip manufacturing

[wyre]

I'm sorry but isn't cottage industry synonymous with small-scale manufacturing? It seems like fab2 is the definition of cottage industry chip manugacturing.

[RetroTechie]

> I'm sorry but isn't cottage industry synonymous with small-scale manufacturing?

Wouldn't many 1000s of mini-fabs make for a significant combined manufacturing capacity?

[wyre]

Thats what a cottage industry is? A lot of small producers making up a larger industry.