Well, I am sure the producers would try to keep prices higher to get some extra profits. I think the main thing is that everyone keeps forgetting we are still in a chip shortage. That is part of the extra impetus for China's goal of producing domestic CPU/GPU/CMOS chips besides the national security/self-sufficiency aspect.
The chip shortage is never going to "end" and these prices are the new normal IMO. Even if it does end and there are no more political / logistical issues the companies will never accept less than they are already accustomed to making. The cat is too far out of the bag without some kind of regulation.
edit: domestically produced chinese alternatives is the solution - but I would expect western govts to ban their imports if they got overly competitive like Huawei
Well, I am sure the producers would try to keep prices higher to get some extra profits. I think the main thing is that everyone keeps forgetting we are still in a chip shortage. That is part of the extra impetus for China's goal of producing domestic CPU/GPU/CMOS chips besides the national security/self-sufficiency aspect.
The chip shortage is never going to "end" and these prices are the new normal IMO. Even if it does end and there are no more political / logistical issues the companies will never accept less than they are already accustomed to making. The cat is too far out of the bag without some kind of regulation.
edit: domestically produced chinese alternatives is the solution - but I would expect western govts to ban their imports if they got overly competitive like Huawei