Yes, the Covid lockdowns are not helping, but I read (sorry for conspiracy theory) that these aren't really about Covid, but the real goal is to disrupt western

Yes, the Covid lockdowns are not helping, but I read (sorry for conspiracy theory) that these aren't really about Covid, but the real goal is to disrupt western supply chains as part of hybrid warfare. There is another aspect - Military Indistrial Complexes waking up around the world - and those under sanctions especially, buy MCUs and other parts from regular channels creating those shortages. For instance STM32F7 and H7 that are well used for control boards in drones and other military equipment are still unobtainium and unfortunately Chinese have not managed to clone them yet. > Why would remaining companies not monetise this new market conditions by increasing prices? Some product prices indeed are going up.