Madman Musk [1,2]'s "algorithm" works well for beating up on incompetent and/or lazy incumbents, for dominating markets that nobody else cares to compete in, and for cutting costs on products where performance doesn't matter. Semiconductor manufacturing is none of those.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_Muntz , who pioneered the "Remove parts until it stops working, then put the last one back in" methodology

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntzing