[away271828]

Stability and long product lifecycles are incredibly important to them. They're pretty much the opposite of move fast and break things or deploy early/deploy often.

[hcfman]

Try searching how much money is lost by clients if the fab is down. You have to be very careful with software for fabs.

[ghaff]

Absolutely. What makes a lot of sense for one organization would be absolutely insane for others. ASML has incredible innovation in some areas but I'd expect them to prioritize stability in others.

[awesomeMilou]

Honestly, if you think about the availability guarantees that these FAB's have to deliver, I'm kinda surprised they don't run off of IBM mainframes. Can't believe it but it would be a perfect use case. High bandwidth I/O, paired with ungodly, over-the-horizon-radar like availability.