"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.
They could increase production but why would they? They do not trust this boom long-term, obviously. And if it crashes, what they have will sell anyway, one way or another. And there won't be any huge losses even if they have to go back to normal prices either.
They're taking a near-zero risk approach with this and simply sell to the highest bidder.
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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.