The shortage of silicon chips, which drive a lot of electronic gadgets, will mean increased prices of electronic gadgets that use them, including cars, computers and smartphones. According to Reuters, the shortage of semiconductor chips has led to delayed car deliveries and a supply shortfall in home appliances and costlier smartphones. Governments and tech companies are now burning the midnight oil trying to find a solution. Sanctions to Chinese tech companies have impacted their ability to produce at their previous rate. Semiconductors are small elements but are essentially the brains behind the running of smartphones, PCs, pacemakers, the Internet, electric vehicles, aircraft, hypersonic weaponry and other electronic gadgets.

Source: Standard Digital May 10, 2021 15:33 UTC