Similar for graphics cards. For about a year there just weren't any. One of the manufacturers set up a waiting list to sell direct to customers, but it was st

Similar for graphics cards. For about a year there just weren't any. One of the manufacturers set up a waiting list to sell direct to customers, but it was still taking a year on the waiting list for people to get them and they had to shut down the list. Even now two years into it, the low quantities available retail are still selling at double or triple MSRP. I wonder how many years the companies can keep running without producing or selling much. Also what the situation is with employees. Here in the U.S. a company would be quick to start layoffs if there's no revenue and no work to do, and after years passed it wouldn't be easy to quickly restaff and rebuild capacity.