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		<title>More than 15 wafer fabs shut</title>
		<description>Discuss More than 15 wafer fabs shut</description>
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			<title>East17 says:</title>
			<link>http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/21418-more-than-15-wafer-fabs-shut#comment-13431</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm not sure this is good news .]]></description>
			<dc:creator>East17</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:24:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Bl0bb3r says:</title>
			<link>http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/21418-more-than-15-wafer-fabs-shut#comment-13336</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Actually, DarkPhoenix, they have problems with money... tools for latest processes cost in the billions and that cost is taken care of through higher chip prices, making it more of our problem than theirs. But if they have more facilities, when the time comes to label the new tools as old, they can just upgrade older fabs which have long obsolete tools and keep the new "old" ones for clients that aren't demanding the latest. Otherwise, with fewer fabs they have to upgrade, so still shell out a lot of cash for tools that would otherwise still be profitable as they are. This all means lower chip prices for the older tech, which is still better than nothing in this economy.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bl0bb3r</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:49:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Super XP says:</title>
			<link>http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/21418-more-than-15-wafer-fabs-shut#comment-13334</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What about Toshiba and Panasonic? I believe they have fabs also. Outsourcing is O.K. to a certain extent, providing you try to keep good paying jobs and not this slave labour crap going on in China.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Super XP</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:39:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>DarkPhoenix says:</title>
			<link>http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/21418-more-than-15-wafer-fabs-shut#comment-13329</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Big fabs never really had problems with money. The problem in going to smaller processes is its complexity. I'm sure that a big chunk of money in those big fabs is already invested in research, but these things just take a lot of time to perfect and sometimes, it doesn't even go that well. I'm also not really sure that this is exactly good news for the big fabs. Sure it certainly means more money, but capacity will be a problem, if they need to accommodate much more customers than they do now. That means a bigger investment in new factories.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>DarkPhoenix</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:58:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Regenweald says:</title>
			<link>http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/21418-more-than-15-wafer-fabs-shut#comment-13320</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This could be good news, more money for the big fabs could mean more funds for moving to smaller processes faster/more seamlessly and more funds for process research. Sad to see the small fish go under still.....]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Regenweald</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:04:15 +0100</pubDate>
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