Originally posted by bobmaxja the company is running its chip factories constantly through the holidays forthe second consecutive year to try and keep up with the demand
Silicon chip factories aren't like pizza ovens, stopping it require one week to switch it on again and creates a big mess in the work in progress since wafer processing requires 8 to 12 weeks of processing until silicon material can be taken out of the process without concerns, therefore all silicon chip factories in the world work 24/7 365 days/year except with there is an earthquake or the line has issues where some sections are being maintained. The way wafer production can vary is that machines aren't fully loaded with material, but all machines keep running the same way whether they are full of material or partially empty, it's called capacity utilisation. No one silicon sensor maker regulates production output by starting and stopping the factories. The interview message given to Bloomberg is obviously aimed at investors, and/or from a commercial executive / financial / marketing officer who has no clue how image sensors are made. Executives own stock options and say such things as it makes stock price rise, so they can favorably sell their stocks. There are some funny interviews of CEOs on CNBC, the same CEO might say things at one interview and the contrary at the next interview, spinning positive words to keep stock prices high , avoiding panic sales from investors.