On: TSMC hikes chip prices up to 20% amid supply shortage

[tyingq]

Do you mean storing already made chips? I imagine that's (often) expensive from a depreciation perspective.

[vbezhenar → tyingq]

Cheap microcontrollers are not deprecated for a very long time. STM sells chips designed 10 years ago, AFAIK.

[magicalhippo → vbezhenar]

Indeed. They even have some they guarantee to make for at least 20 years.

https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/about/quality-and-relia...

[tyingq → vbezhenar]

Agreed, though I suspect the retail price still drops as other, newer, chips enter the market.