Shortage of Computer Chips
Oct 17, 2021 07:46:00 #
As you must haver heard, there is a shortage of computer chips, and this is raising prices of electronics and making products more difficult to find. A recent article in the Washington Post suggests that companies are placing large orders for chips and stockpiling them. The chips are being produced in sufficient numbers but car makers and computer makers are having trouble getting enough because other companies are hoarding them.
https://hothardware.com/news/tsmc-customers-hoarding-chips-artificial-shortages
https://netherlandsnewslive.com/companies-are-now-hoarding-computer-chips-like-toilet-paper-says-elon-musk-car/168081/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-the-world-is-short-of-computer-chips-and-why-it-matters/2021/03/19/5105ae08-887d-11eb-be4a-24b89f616f2c_story.html
https://hothardware.com/news/tsmc-customers-hoarding-chips-artificial-shortages
https://netherlandsnewslive.com/companies-are-now-hoarding-computer-chips-like-toilet-paper-says-elon-musk-car/168081/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-the-world-is-short-of-computer-chips-and-why-it-matters/2021/03/19/5105ae08-887d-11eb-be4a-24b89f616f2c_story.html
Oct 17, 2021 07:57:20 #
Talk about a chip shortage, this is getting pervasive; for 3 days, I haven't been able to find Fritos Scoops at any of the local grocery stores!
Oct 17, 2021 09:11:15 #
Oct 17, 2021 11:28:57 #
David Martin
Loc: Cary, NC
jerryc41 wrote:
As you must haver heard, there is a shortage of co... (show quote)
One can only hope that these companies hoard the chips long enough for the chips to become obsolete.
Oct 17, 2021 16:41:45 #
David Martin wrote:
One can only hope that these companies hoard the chips long enough for the chips to become obsolete.
That's one of their potential problems. With chips improving so rapidly, companies could be stuck with outdated chips.
Oct 17, 2021 21:13:46 #
RiJoRi
Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
My AIM-65 (6502 micro) computer is running just fine. 🤣 Of course, don't expect it to do more than blink LEDs in pretty patterns! 😂
--Rich
--Rich
Oct 17, 2021 22:51:42 #
US manufacturing of semi conductors has dropped to only 13% of our consumption, so we are at the mercy of countries like China. It’s is similar to the decline of other manufacturing industries in the US. We continue down this path at our peril.
Oct 18, 2021 08:03:34 #
TriX wrote:
US manufacturing of semi conductors has dropped to only 13% of our consumption, so we are at the mercy of countries like China. It’s is similar to the decline of other manufacturing industries in the US. We continue down this path at our peril.
Yes, unfortunately.
Oct 18, 2021 08:05:54 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's one of their potential problems. With chips improving so rapidly, companies could be stuck with outdated chips.
Then they will put them in products for us and tell us how great the obsolete chip is, again we lose!
Oct 18, 2021 09:30:38 #
Oct 18, 2021 09:42:06 #
Oct 18, 2021 09:47:04 #
ELNikkor wrote:
Talk about a chip shortage, this is getting pervasive; for 3 days, I haven't been able to find Fritos Scoops at any of the local grocery stores!
Finally! Someone who sees through to the heart of the matter. I just don't get it; aren't potatoes grown in Idaho and corn in Nebraska? Why do we rely on foreign chips?
Oct 18, 2021 09:56:02 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
TriX wrote:
US manufacturing of semi conductors has dropped to only 13% of our consumption, so we are at the mercy of countries like China. It’s is similar to the decline of other manufacturing industries in the US. We continue down this path at our peril.
Unparalleled idiocy. Why are we going this way?
Oct 18, 2021 09:58:07 #
If you're in manufacturing then you order supplies as needed. If there's a possible shortage then you order bunches...
Oct 18, 2021 10:07:10 #
ELNikkor wrote:
Talk about a chip shortage, this is getting pervasive; for 3 days, I haven't been able to find Fritos Scoops at any of the local grocery stores!
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