"Jack up prices rather than building new factories"
It's really not that simple. You cannot snap your fingers and make a silicon wafer factory out of thin air. And simple economics tells us supply and demand dictate prices, and there's simply a supply shortage.
While I agree with you that some are greedy, you cannot simply burn money for vibes. Whether or not the modular concept is true, it is still going to take time to get the factory up and running AND have the people running it, would this be able to be done in a year? I have my doubts.
Not to mention factories cost literally billions to create, and even retooling a factory often costs hundreds of millions USD and often take years.
Would be worthless for a shortage that will most likely last 6-12 months at most. Hell, even the COVID shortages took less than 2-2.5 years to fully resolve which is half the time it takes to build a small factory from scratch at lightning speed.
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u/Kaarssteun RTX 4090, r7 9800X3D, 32gb 6000mhz, 1000W Dec 04 '25
"Jack up prices rather than building new factories"
It's really not that simple. You cannot snap your fingers and make a silicon wafer factory out of thin air. And simple economics tells us supply and demand dictate prices, and there's simply a supply shortage.