Why the World Is Short of Computer Chips | Explain This

Carmakers have been slashing production. PlayStations are getting harder to find in stores. Even aluminum producers warn of a potential downturn ahead. All have one thing in common: an abrupt and cascading global shortage of semiconductors.

Also known as integrated circuits or more commonly just chips, they may be the tiniest yet most exacting product ever manufactured on a global scale. That combination of cost and difficulty has fostered a worldwide dependence on two Asian powerhouses -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. -- a reliance exacerbated by the pandemic and rising U.S.-China tensions even before the current deficit. Hundreds of billions will be spent by governments and corporations in coming years on a “chip race” with geopolitical as well as economic implications.

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[Mr_Chris__]

This computer chip shortage may encourage people to take better care of their current products as they should, and be less wasteful. It's more economical to keep something in good working order for as long as possible, rather than upgrade to something newer after only a few years.

You don't necessarily need a lot of technical knowledge to maintain and fix things, but it helps.

[RileyTheMonster]

That's BS in this world today the scale in demand has nowhere to go but up. Show increasing productivity of these chips will never hurt because every day more and more is done with these chips. With the ever evolving world the demand has nowhere to go but up

[michaelwillcutt]

Plenty of gold platinum an other materials what’s the excuse

[vmax]

you forgot to mention the Trump trade tactics and the Texas freeze that disrupted the plastic manufacturing plants that make the other ingredients in the chips.

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