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26 May 2021, 6:10 UTC ·
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The global chip shortage is a nightmare that won’t come to an end too soon, or at least, that’s what so many tech experts keep saying these days, despite all the efforts of everyone involved in the industry to deal with the whole thing.
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Pretty much everybody is affected, from tech companies to automotive manufacturers, and it’s all because the demand for chips is so high that foundries across the world can’t build enough semiconductors to be installed on the products others build.
The chip shortage had a major impact on carmakers, with several of them turning to temporary halts of their operations, waiting for suppliers to build more chips for specific models.