SiFive Tapes Out First 5nm TSMC 32-bit RISC-V Chip with 7.2 Gbps HBM3
I know they&#x27;re separate lines and capacity is sold well in advance and all that, but this chip shortage still baffles me.<p>A startup can tape out a 5 nm chip, but STMicroelectronics can&#x27;t make any of their 40-130 nm microcontrollers for the next year?<p>Also car companies are supposedly the culprit, even though their volume is only in the low tens of millions per year, and the dustup is apparently over only six months of capacity? What? I get that the auto industry is a nice reliable long-term source of revenue for chip companies, but fabs should barely be sneezing at that sort of volume.