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The infamous chip shortage
With ‘chip shorttage’ the topic of interest this yearr, Jennifer Jones, guest blogger, guest blogger for HFTP at HITEC in Dallas 2021, discusses the infamous global chip shorfor HFTP at HITEC in Dallas 2021, discusses the infamous global chip shortage and how some industr i
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very year at HITEC there’s a new buzzword – remember the days of ‘big data’, ‘PCI’ and ‘blockchain’? If people weren’t talking about
them, then they weren’t hanging out with the cool kids. This year’s buzzword didn’t have people running to the shop to buy jars of salsa, however, but instead feverishly placing electronics orders. The ‘chip shortage’ was definitely topic of a lot of conversations this year at HITEC, 2021. When Covid-19 hit, a lot of semiconductors or ‘chips’ were diverted to fill the overwhelming need for electronics for those stuck at home. However, other factors were involved that supplemented the shortage beyond the supply chain issues.
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Factories didn’t have enough people to work to manufacture chips, due to the pandemic. Other natural disasters in high-yielding, chip-producing countries also contributed to the problem.
Shortages ahead The first sign that alerted the public of this issue was most likely from the automotive industry. Vehicles require anything from several hundred chips to more than a thousand. These chips control everyday functionality in cars, such as the ignition and braking systems, and basically tell the hardware what to do electronically. Car manufacturers assumed vehicle sales would slow due to people
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