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		bserge on Sept 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't ... Huh, this made me wonder, is there a reverse auction marketplace of sorts, where a buyer places orders and all the sellers provide a small or big batch, or fill the order completely. Seems like it would be a great addition to any existing marketplace.

Taniwha on Sept 5, 2021 [–]

No good engineer wants that - we want one manufacturer's chip that we've tested and qualified, maybe a spare just in case.

We've all been bitten by someone substituting in a 'equivalent' that 'ought to be the same'.

Mixing in random chips into random boards would be a nightmare to track down when something goes wrong

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