If that is the case you manufacture more than enough and put them on a shelf.
> Some costs that will crop up even without investing in R&D and maintenance
Obviously. You put those costs in the contract and make the costumer pay for them.
If they want to fab 3 chips a year that is going to cost them dearly. This is not a property of the old processes. This is a property of low volumes.
If that is the case you manufacture more than enough and put them on a shelf.
> Some costs that will crop up even without investing in R&D and maintenance
Obviously. You put those costs in the contract and make the costumer pay for them.
If they want to fab 3 chips a year that is going to cost them dearly. This is not a property of the old processes. This is a property of low volumes.