So what? I look at the MTBF/TBW(terabytes written) of solid state disks and shrug.
From a very zoomed out view(and a laymans at that!) the whole semiconductor industry seems like system gastronomy. While the few main players equal McDonalds and Burger King, there is only so much you can do with similar equipment arranged in the same ways. While I'm sure the two could produce the same things, if given access to the same ingredients, they aren't allowed to. Same for Coke vs. Pepsi.
Anyways, if you want to have it different, then you either need different systems arranged in different ways processing different ingredients, or are stuck with wailing Oh vey!
I'd rather prefer some cheering for alternatives like
From a very zoomed out view(and a laymans at that!) the whole semiconductor industry seems like system gastronomy. While the few main players equal McDonalds and Burger King, there is only so much you can do with similar equipment arranged in the same ways. While I'm sure the two could produce the same things, if given access to the same ingredients, they aren't allowed to. Same for Coke vs. Pepsi.
Anyways, if you want to have it different, then you either need different systems arranged in different ways processing different ingredients, or are stuck with wailing Oh vey!
I'd rather prefer some cheering for alternatives like
[1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Semefab+Wafertrain+Bizen+Searchfor... and
[2] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Yokogawa+minimal.fab
Oh YAY!
That would at least enable the likes of KFC and Pizza Hut in comparison. And fizzly Bundaberg!
Oy!
edit: [3] http://www.besang.com/