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High tech version of "toilet paper hoarding"
by tkinom 5y ago
High tech version of "toilet paper hoarding"
- swiley 5y agoThe difference here is that people are used to not being able to buy chips at costco/wallmart so you might have a chance at selling your stock.
- throwaway189262 5y agoThis is multi-pronged. Chip manufacturing output isn't flexible, and in the last year we've had: * COVID stay at home * Every kid wants to be a streamer * E-sports becoming a real sport * 2 new console releases * Amazing new CPU's from AMD * Amazing new graphics cards from AMD/Intel. * Another crypto boom/bubble (depending on who you ask) All these factors have put pressure on chip production.