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Can't buy a PS5/Xbox console? Your favorite gadget going for triple price or just impossible to find? Well Corina hit the supply and gadget making market HARD, leading to current shortages of computer Chips of all kinds.
As The Guardian report, while the supply of chips should be improving now that we’re months out from some of the worst Covid lockdowns and distribution disruptions, things have actually gotten worse because of market changes (we’ve been buying a lot more computers and TVs and consoles while stuck at home) and a huge influx of new products using them, putting further strain on the supply chain.
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X shortages are just the tip of the iceberg. Big phone launches from companies like Apple and Samsung have been postponed, new graphics cards are still hard to find and all over the world car manufacturers are either scaling back production or piling unfinished cars up in parking lots while they wait for the chips needed to power their software systems.
There is a chip in everything and the core tech could be enduring a crisis rather soon.
As The Guardian report, while the supply of chips should be improving now that we’re months out from some of the worst Covid lockdowns and distribution disruptions, things have actually gotten worse because of market changes (we’ve been buying a lot more computers and TVs and consoles while stuck at home) and a huge influx of new products using them, putting further strain on the supply chain.
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X shortages are just the tip of the iceberg. Big phone launches from companies like Apple and Samsung have been postponed, new graphics cards are still hard to find and all over the world car manufacturers are either scaling back production or piling unfinished cars up in parking lots while they wait for the chips needed to power their software systems.
There is a chip in everything and the core tech could be enduring a crisis rather soon.
