It seems as though the silicon foundry industry has created an artificial shortage of leading-edge fab capacity, in order to increase demand and thus, increase prices and as a result, total revenue as well. "Word on the street is that the market - if not the foundries themselves - may be pumping up the business to make a potential killing on inflated wafer prices in the near future" . Well, the only advice we can give you is purchase your wafers now, and don't waste any time!

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