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This was a really great read on the subject as well, it mentions how fab facilities built for one generation of chips can't easily be reused for another because the process changes so much. So, yeah those 450mm facilities are basically useless at this point. https://compactmag.com/article/fighting-a-chip-war-on-the-cheap