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This article doesn't say what is in the title. This might be better: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385240/tsmc-chip-shortage-2022-intel-ceo-earnings-gr
by InitialLastName 6y ago
This article doesn't say what is in the title. This might be better:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385240/tsmc-chip-shortage-2022-intel-ceo-earnings-graphics-cards-cpus-gpus https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385240/tsmc-chip-shorta...
To that point, this issue is already painful for anyone making electronics, and is going to hurt the small electronics manufacturers more (if you aren't in a position to buy a million parts, good luck getting any priority as things come back on line).
- xenospn 6y agoThat’s me! And yes, it sucks.
- InitialLastName 6y agoI feel like I've been playing "part-replacement whack-a-mole" for in-production designs for the last 5 months, and it's only getting worse.
- joezydeco 6y agoWait until you talk to your plastics supplier...
- InitialLastName 6y agoDon't worry, metal and fiberglass too! At least with materials if one source disappears, it's not a redesign to use another source (just eats into your margin). Not so lucky when it's critical ICs with whose manufacturers you had long-term deals (for continuing production) until their factories burned down and/or got destroyed in natural disasters.
- joezydeco 6y agoWe use a custom plastic with a corporate-approved color. Not as easy to second-source quickly....