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Written By joeo10
2020-12-17T23:57:56Z
The problem has several causes, industry executives and analysts say, including bulk-buying by U.S. sanctions-hit Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, a fire at a chip plant in Japan, coronavirus lockdowns in Southeast Asia, and a strike in France.
More fundamentally, however, there has been under-investment in 8-inch chip manufacturing plants owned mostly by Asian firms, which means they have struggled to ramp up production as demand for 5G phones, laptops and cars picked up faster than expected.
Not surprised here that the very high demand for chips is going to be a major problem in the coming year or so. I guess I may not need new tech right now by the way it's going.
Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, smartphones and more