I think the Pinochet dictatorship expanded the UF to be used in financial transactions like mortgages. Large loans such as for cars or college are also in UF.
It would be interesting to know whether Chile's UF served as inspiration to these brazilians.
The hope for AMD is to have enough resources to endure the gap until catch 14nm. Lithography's future beyond 14nm seems bleak at this moment. Like the GHz wall this could be the nm wall. Suposing Intel and AMD working at the same lithography scale, could be interesting to see that.