Alternatives sought as chip shortages disrupt production

– There is a silicon shortage, which is another way of saying that getting your next computer will either be difficult with long wait times or that prices may rise soon, so you’d better get in earlier rather than later. A couple of fires, a cold snap in Texas and Covid-19 restrictions are some of the causes of the shortages which shows that it doesn’t take a lot to disrupt supply chains.

Many will have already noticed that deliveries are taking longer and orders are becoming more difficult to fulfil especially if it is an international one. Car manufacturers like GM and Ford have cut production in their factories as they wait for Taiwan chip provider TSMC to ramp up production. Some are concerned that with so much manufacturing based in Taiwan and China, hinting at a future invasion, that if the worst was to happen, there could…