What’s behind the global chip shortage

Daniel Newmann, Futurum Research Analyst joins the Yahoo Finance Live panel to discuss the chip shortage.

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[robertcox]

"Financial Considerations" are wrecking human civilization.

[god-son-love]

Why is my TSM stock isn't rising like 3 times more ? They should raise the price and invest more fabs in the US. Demands for chips will always be there for the following decades.

[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.

[memyselfeyetallent]

Covid is not the problem, government is. Government is always the problem.

[robertcox]

Stock Market doesn't reflect "reality".

[bobbrown]

Intel's also still stuck on So there's that..

[akudaikan]

America destroyed Japanese semiconductor industry during 1990s and now suffer the shortage. Serve you right!

[cassideyousley]

FAB construction and production is usually a multi-year thing. Some can take a decade to spin up. If demand doesn't drop off eventually, this will be alot longer than 6 months.

[Firestorm]

Geopolitical with security concerns with Chinese chips, huawei security issues. Covid, China hoarding chips, etc

[umbertoerrechitto]

Wait! We can fix this chip shortage instantly! Mass produce automobiles without any chips or computers in them. Just like before 1985. Roll down windows, Carburetors, Hydraulic brakes that the driver (and not some weasel with wireless) can control. Manual & analog everything! How much cheaper they'll be, how much happier we'll be

[clemzahrobsky]

just in time inventory caused this problem

[PretentiousStuff]

There is a shortage of eyebrows too evidently

[williamkreth]

So glad I updated my laptop right before the pandemic hit!

[waichungsham]

If china was allowed to buy from amsl they could help meet demand.

[TheMrgoodmanners]

Its not easy transferring such high level tech from overseas to the US. Taiwanese japanese and south korean manufacturing is light yrs ahead of what exists here. Its not aomething you can easily do through executive orders

[ericjovenitti]

This is the worst reporting ever an executive order to review will do nothing, bringing manufacturing back here is absolutely unequivocally impossible and reporting it is truly ignorant.

[Tj_]

Stop the ridiculous amount of IoT devices, your refrigerator does not need to be connected to wifi....

[robertcox]

Maybe use "production numbers", but is that "secret"?

[GaryVolts]

Seems crazy to me to shut down a car factory because they can't get particular chips when a half a dozen engineers could come up with a new design that used available chips in a month or 2. There's more than one way to skin a cat. These companies aren't lacking for chips so much as lacking resourcefulness.

[NiceTrade]

Thank you to all Crypto Schmucks !

While the crypto fiasco was happening, i bought 1000 shares AMD & price went from $10 pre Crypto boom to $100 in 2 years.. Pretty awesome return ! 🤑