Global chip shortage: How microchips became one of the worlds most precious resources

If you’re having a hard time buying a PS5, the global semiconductor shortage is probably to blame. A shortfall of the little chips is slowing down big industries.
Whether we're talking consumer electronics, cars, medical devices, airplanes, smart appliances or wearables, their common component is chips.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed consumer behaviors. We're buying personal computers, new phones and tablets, so we can work from home. And to cope with the lockdowns, companies are continuously upgrading their digital infrastructure to enable remote working. All these purchases are driving up the demand for chips. At the beginning, a pandemic came with an estimated economic downturn and industries such as automakers slashed chip purchases. But the economy in East Asia bounced back sooner than expected with more demand for cars. And most carmakers keep limited inventory. So right now, they're buying.
So as the coronavirus crisis reshapes supply and demand, chip companies are scrambling. And if there’s an industry that can’t simply ramp up production in a hurry, or ask clients to do without their product for a while, or shift around parts of their manufacturing rapidly, it’s the chip industry.
Here’s a look at how chips became the “oil of the digital age” - and the geopolitical complications surrounding their supply.
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[@elatedmaniac]

TSMC really deserves a dedicated episode, especially with their recent contracts.

[@FisherGrubb]

Ya, they are the main manufacturer for our most high tech chips 10nm down to below 5nm. Not all our chips need to be down to that level. Many more smaller companies can make 20nm types, and that sort of lower tech level is used in cars and other products which don't need PC level processing power

[@SuperSeigerman]

@@FisherGrubb the thing is its more profitable to be a chip designer now a days.

[@user-kn6vw4sr2r]

@@SuperSeigerman which is more profitable as a profession? Chip designer or software developer?

[@SuperSeigerman]

@@user-kn6vw4sr2r it's not so much that one is more profitable than another as one is just more difficult to do. Foundries cost like 20 billion bucks a pop and they have to build new ones every few years. They can Most of the most successful chip designers today are Apple Amazon and Chinese tech companies. They are starting to design chips that only work for specific reasons rather than just general chips like the ones Intel make.

[@vohen7362]

When you find that about ASML,you'll edit your comment asap.

[@maxplank1196]

By choosing not to design, manufacture or market any semiconductor products under its own name, the Company ensures that it never competes directly with its customers. Today, TSMC is the world's largest

[@cebukid70]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s and miss the simpler times when every possession we owned was NOT run by a computer (chip). Humanity seemed happier back then

[@nathanalpert710]

I was not born till the 80's but i miss the level of human connections - even though i have countless friends & family it was different when i was younger - in a good way! i completely agree....

[@sorryhackeryouloose7072]

They're making life harder for the next generation. The real problem here is overpopulation not technology. It seems they want only few to be richer

[@KevinNguyen-zn4vv]

This a hyperbole: The CCP have a better chance convincing their people to take up arms for the chips powering their smartphones and gadgets than for national security.

[@markhaus]

This inane comment wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for semiconductor devices

[@edwardkay3193]

Yup. Much more sincere too. You wish someone directly by phone or in person. Nowadays you post and see how many likes.

[@MonstermutzeNo.2]

SAMSUNG ist something in-between Intel and TSMC. They are an IDM and a Foundry, they are producing for Samsung it self and for example for NVIDIA and Qualcomm,

[@jay-uo2bi]

@LASTICK5 ?

[@CanadianBear47]

Can u guys do some documentary about how the resources for chips r sourced? Like the cobalt trade

[@dreamst8259]

yeah and explain why Africa has endless men to do the mining, but send their kids into the mines instead then pretend it's the consumers fault in another country, while demanding free money through guilt tripping charities Africa is burning its bridges milking western nations by abusing women and kids then pretending it's not the fault of their men, who abandon them and run off to war, or invade our countries

[@joeblow6088]

Selenium is why we were ever in Afghanistan in the first place. Our most advanced military tech relies on it, and the Chinese / Russians know it.

[@insectbite1714]

@@dreamst8259 As a kid who was hurt by an African visitor on purpose I can agree.

[@igorbecker2323]

Most of rare-earth elements used in semiconductor industry is also mined in China lol

[@insectbite1714]

@@igorbecker2323 China sais that Africa is part of China. So tecnicly it could be outside of China.

[@0dyss3us51]

Here I thought chips was just fried potatoes. What is this witchery?

[@rogerdiogo6893]

It took 50 years for socialism to get to your chips America, time for shortage instead of abundance...

[@0dyss3us51]

@@rogerdiogo6893 no thanks to shortage

[@rogerdiogo6893]

@@0dyss3us51 no chip, no salsa...

[@SoSo-hb1my]

🤣 😂

[@rufusc6848]

ccp china witchery

[@jason41a]

ww2 japan vs usa: ship war 2000s china vs usa: chip war anyone vs new zealand: sheep war.

[@internetguy1260]

The chip war never happened. We opened our trade with China and immediately gave them our entire high tech manufacturing base. Foreclosure of the american dream.

[@forandonbehalfof4753]

@@internetguy1260 Errr.... America lost everything (including a clue) hundreds of years ago. Go see usdebtclock.org to see why.

[@1pasupaty]

You can add tourism war.

[@1pasupaty]

@@internetguy1260 more like extent and time of this alliance.therss a lot of research in America that countries live to lay their hands on like jet engine tech or Healthcare like mri or CT.so my friend you still have a upper hand.we r the ones fighting for

[@rogerdiogo6893]

Spain vs Portugal : cheaps war... 😂.

[@representativeh7604]

Well Taiwan is very important in world

[@NicoLaySF]

Pooh be like: ITS MINE !! MWAHAHAHAHA

[@Elliott_Elliott]

Absolutely. Its insane how this one single company in Taiwan is so impactful globally

[@genuinennessbefitting4734]

@@vervetech9395 AMD is getting ahead of Intel by the help from TSMC, because TSMC has the most advanced 5 nm technology, the CEO of AMD who is a Taiwanese woman Lisa Su, NVIDIA is the world’s leading provider of visual computing technology and the inventor of the graphics processor, the CEO of NVIDIA is Taiwanese Jensen Huang, KZbin’s main founder is also Taiwanese whose name is Steve Chen, Yahoo’s main founder is Taiwanese Jerry Yang, Taiwanese are playing major role in high-tech, they mainly work with TSMC not Samsung

[@IloveElsaofArendelle]

@menkrep1337 wrong flag!!!

[@edgardomunoz2688]

@menkrep1337 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼

[@leehyunsong7001]

You dont buy them directly Me: waiting for my RTX3080 forever

[@ryanvtec3885]

Wait for the 4080ti

[@kamolhengkiatisak1527]

Another gem from DW News. Concise, comprehensive and not hard to understand.

[@muic4880]

This doesn't explains why there is a shortage in auto industry. The answer to that was simple, the auto industry with their just in time supply philosophy is what is screwing them up. So they cancel the chips order when the close down assembly line, and now that they are ramping up assembly, the just don't have the chips because they cancel the orders for it.

[@amys2160]

That’s right. You can’t order chips and expect them the next day. Huawei or red China has nothing to do with it. They are merely busy minding their own business. Plus, car chips are of much less profit margin compared to cellphones.

[@rusitoexplorador]

Great and awesome video! Awesome quality, looks like the CNBC short infotainmet type

[@rond5936]

Most of the people interviewed are not familiar with the engineering that goes into making a chip. They just read and talk.

[@marca7542]

This is not a clip about how chips are made

[@ligametis]

It is more about economy and overall product manufacturing.

[@Wrutschgeluck]

but i am familiar wit it. But i didnt watch the video for THIS information which YOU search here. so youre simply on the wrong video.

[@lashlarue7924]

I think the true tragedy is that we always demand better and faster chips due to software bloat and planned obsolescence. We throw out perfectly good silicon all the time just because it ticks a few MHz slower than the latest and greatest. P.S. - the best chips are Sun Chips (French Onion flavor)

[@mihai._.despinoiu]

Best chips are Atmega 2560!!

[@catc8927]

This is why I don’t upgrade gadgets unless I absolutely have to, and try to use them for years. There are significant environmental and human labor costs for electronics production.

[@lashlarue7924]

@@catc8927 Linux is your friend!

[@shinobi7470]

@@mihai._.despinoiu Atmega 16 :)

[@mihai._.despinoiu]

@@shinobi7470 :))))

[@ismaelmambec7262]

gracias por tan grande y valiosa información !!

[@Shaker626]

While at the Lada plant...

[@mattb9765]

Well made and well-researched video, good job.

[@billybong89]

I loved this! So informative, flowed and the end tied it all together! Chips are the new oil, they are complex and require trust and global collaboration to create them. When the chips are down we are always stronger together! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@marctemura2017]

Pizzle you need to understand most companies go broke creating microchips. If they didn't have government "Socialism" they would have gone out of business a long time ago.

[@tony001212]

They're more than complex to make, they've a high level of complexity, that's why chinese chip maker have invested tons of billions and haven't been able to catch up.

[@JME0676]

Very interesting topic, thanks, nice report

[@starzgonzales4358]

We good here in Canada we got plenty of chips (Lay's)

[@rabahmamou5472]

and china stole from American technology as usual.

[@timurid7016]

Dude, Why don’t you open your own Chipset company in Canada?

[@manjelos]

@@rabahmamou5472 Nope, companies from USA settle in China because lower production costs

[@drewg2676]

@@timurid7016 canada isnt a good country to open businesses especially now. Better to start one in the states

[@zerocontent6168]

lol

[@hojoinhisarcher]

thanks for the insight.

[@Baby1245]

Microchip technology should be a homegrown industry now in every economically feasible society. These companies should make sure it will run the popular os like andriod, Linux or windows....

[@jimpad5608]

Fabs cost billions and few countries are willing to tax their excessively wealthy to pay for fabs. The USA has chosen to concentrate wealth in a few people rather than invest in the whole country.

[@davidk.8461]

I like how balance and unbiased this journalism is.

[@vohen7362]

"Apple couldnt have done it with TSMC".....TSMC,Samsumg,Intel....couldnt have made anything at all without ASML.

[@rmwtsou]

"Preferably in cooperation..." That sounds a little threatening.

[@orbnitsky]

Usually there are two views as to what "cooperation" means any time there are two parties involved. Add more parties involved and it becomes chaos.

[@50-50_Grind]

At work I cooperate with lots of people and there's nothing threatening about it.

[@SerBallister]

@@50-50_Grind They key word is "preferably", meaning there is another method of working that doesn't involve cooperation

[@EarlHare]

Here's a thought. How about we make devices that last longer and waste less chips.

[@yacir]

Not good for greedy investors. (whom ironically call themselves philanthropists)

[@tfoen7678]

too much thinking and planning.

[@andso7068]

genius

[@AX_imPACT]

So logical that it hurts.

[@Littlecritter5]

Because of competition. If Company A only makes every other year, Company B will make every year.

[@ToneyCrimson]

Meanwhile, Nvdia: "Lets make gpu's that only works for bitcoin mining and lock them so it cant be resold and used by gamers."

[@airrodgers7277]

Nah Nvdia don’t make any gpu they outsource production to TSMC, Nvidia only design the gpu...

[@miles2378]

I thought NVidia was going to use subpar CPU Dies that do not perforn right to use for mining grade GPU's not the best gaming GPU's.

[@airrodgers7277]

@@miles2378 ‘let make gpu ‘ to Nvidia mean give the spec to TSMC and they make it for us,,,Nvidia have no Fab to make it on their own.

[@miles2378]

@@airrodgers7277 at every Fab part of the dies in a wafer ither come out dead, or do not perform well enough for a CPU/GPU.

[@nikrbawker]

and non durable throw away smartphones..

[@behnamrasooli8801]

from a programmer's point of view, the Moore's Law is not valid anymore. The number of transistors has not doubled for a long time now, but it's the number of cores in CPUs that has been increasing. Unfortunately, we've not been very successful in utilising those cores :(

[@cordexy189]

I ran into a 7eleven just now, chips are abundant. No worries.

[@fredv6510]

????

[@chankongsun]

USA calls both computer chips and potatoe chips. Uk calls it crisps (chips are french fries)

[@BigDataLogin]

I agree @Cordex Y,👍 chips are abundant in 7 eleven, I chanced upon some in 6 twelve too 😋

[@michelbruns]

128 chips on average per person, think about how many you use alone, that means that a lot of people, in Africa eg., don’t use them yet, the chip industry will have massive grow going forward

[@kosia1972]

That's was yesterday not today

[@michelbruns]

@@kosia1972 ??

[@sultanabdulhaqiii1633]

@@michelbruns only now, later it will change

[@kintulawrence.5468]

Not true, iam in Africa(Uganda) I have a laptop, smart TV, A scientific calculator, PIC programmer training Kit, a decoder, a modem, a techno phone) Lol

[@sultanabdulhaqiii1633]

@@kintulawrence.5468 Not tomorrow

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Never heard what was in the Huawei tall industrial building that burn last year. Fab. plant?

[@America_bombsTSMC]

Huawei doesn't have fab plant

[@Rex-ww4cw]

When does Huawei ever has a Fab. Plant ?

[@matsteadyy1053]

Huawei is not 2nd best smartphone anymore

[@MoreThai]

why she had to stay outside in the cold to make this report?

[@zyroxyzzero580]

Someone has to explain me why sanctions on Chinese Chip Maker who barely can make high tech chips has to do with the concern of shortage

[@kospencer1]

Because German carmakers only need low tech chips, and they are too skimpy to pay more money for it.

[@SerBallister]

There's higher demand for "low tech" chips. Not everyone needs a RTX3090 GPU in their product. Most of the hurt is coming from people wanting basic semiconductors like power regulators, battery controllers, that sort of thing.

[@sanujitroy6830]

All countries need to take chip production backup

[@a.a.5386]

Taiwan is going strong. Happy for them

[@genuinennessbefitting4734]

AMD is getting ahead of Intel by the help from TSMC, because TSMC has the most advanced 5 nm technology, the CEO of AMD who is a Taiwanese woman Lisa Su, NVIDIA is the world’s leading provider of visual computing technology and the inventor of the graphics processor, the CEO of NVIDIA is Taiwanese Jensen Huang, KZbin’s main founder is also Taiwanese whose name is Steve Chen, Yahoo’s main founder is Taiwanese Jerry Yang, Taiwanese are playing major role in high-tech, they mainly work with TSMC

[@kitnascimento0]

taiwan does nothing! if the american regime wants they can shot their factories ASAP. Why did they obey trump order to stop selling to huawei? because they don´t own the factory If they kept selling he would block software and parts and soon TSMC would ground to halt. So Taiwan owns nothing!

[@a.a.5386]

@@kitnascimento0 Ok :)

[@metalvideos1961]

@@genuinennessbefitting4734 founder of Asus is also Taiwanese. Same goes for msi and more

[@richardwang119]

@@kitnascimento0 @KITNascimento Taiwan do own TSMC and please check the law of IP before commenting. Taiwan follow the rules unlike China who has been IP theives for decades. Most chip manufacturing patent are owned by U.S simple as that. If Taiwan don't own anything, same with China and every other country.

[@youexpire]

The voices of guests were clear. The auto generated subtitles are wrong. You need proper subtitles.

[@jdd1777]

Imagine what would be possible if they all just worked together to make the best products for everyone.

[@levyroth]

That sounds like communism and it doesn't work.

[@syarifairlangga4608]

monopoly make the price so high

[@sangazo]

that’s not how American democracy and capitalism works. it’s a cut throat competition they will either buy and kill or sanction and block. it’s them or nothing. the wall street and American hedge money was built with short term policies and quick returns

[@verlorenish]

@@levyroth How the f is that communism? China is communist yet they know competence is better than monoplolies.

[@itchyvet]

America would NEVER allow such a thing to happen. America HATES fair and open competition, that's why they try to destroy it whenever it rears it's head.

[@DudeBoerGaming]

"Chip"? Do you mean "Microprocessor" perhaps? Or "Integrated Circuit" perhaps? But then you say "semi-conductors", which includes many things not considered a "chip", such as diodes!...Clueless reporting

[@namean1087]

Ik right!!!!! What a bs crescendo

[@MJ-uk6lu]

It got more things wrong, but yeah it was quite poop reporting.

[@ibrahimegal7186]

Great report showing insight semiconductor shortages

[@marisamn1]

Very good job, DW, excellent overview

[@giorgiocisilino4874]

by America relying on outside suppliers they have hot themselves in the foot, and thus become vulnerable in terms of national security. I believe Western countries need to have items like these made in our countries not overseas, and is also an example of other items made overseas that are not made here.

[@jomo4435]

Support our jobs with our purchasing power ....but , we are to cheap and want too much....Haha ha ha

[@youfeerich540]

Giorgio. ..... then the locals in USA and Europe cannot afford to buy these goods manufactured in the West.

[@hillbilly4643]

Dont forget there are some chips made by TSMC on Perseverance on red planet

[@computationalerror69]

it's mainly powered by PowerPC 750 from 90s (iMac G3)

[@wli2718]

space exploration does not use modern chips - because new chips are extremely sensitive to interference, and there is plenty of it in outer space. in fact, you want to avoid electronic components and use mechanical whenever possible. mechanical parts can be fixed by hand. chips... you can order a new set from Amazon and ask them how long it takes for delivery to outer space.

[@trugarse]

Europe needs to start producing its own chips. Not even a single European country was mentioned 🥲

[@Javiervs258]

Although it would be ideal if we could do that, I don't think it would be cost-effective to do so because of high salaries. Not sure what Biden's plan is, but it's not gonna be easy.

[@SuperSanic..]

You can't expect to pay a western worker 100$ a month and expect the same rate of production.

[@SpringLeafWolf]

If Ericsson made its own chips that could shake things up a bit.

[@TheCarmacon]

Energy is way too expensive in Europe. Even LED manufacturing is barely profitable here.

[@lore00star]

Actually we are working to create and producing chips in Europe. We'll start making them for supercomputers and then probably we will start with consumer products.

[@akoshorvath-risko5838]

As a Lego fan, I was very happy and suprised to see that stormtrooper helmet on the shelf!

[@maxplank1196]

Remember about 20 years ago there was a fire in a Taiwanese memory module manufacturer? You couldn't find any computer memory and if you could it was real expensive

[@nehcooahnait7827]

In 2016 the government shut down many nuclear power plants. There was a blackout leading to similar issue.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

10 years ago there were issues getting hDDs (SSDs were ungodly expensive so they weren't relevant yet) . I think it was flooding in Thailand that caused it

[@oOignignoktOo1]

@@Chironex_Fleckeri Yeah it was a HDD factory in Thailand that got flooded out. I remember 1TB HDD's being $50 USD and then shot up to almost $100 overnight.

[@anizuniga3763]

The intro music was ad music and it made me try to skip the video🤦🏻‍♂️.

[@themiddlekingdom9121]

Necessity is the mother of inventions, China has more than 1.4 billion people, there are no shortage of talented people.

[@blablabla1185]

Very good analysis.

[@itsover9008]

I'll take a chip and EAT IT!

[@ElixirEcho]

Apples are ... juicy.

[@jianquanma]

@@ElixirEcho it is a death note refernece, lol

[@SuperBjanka]

Politics at it's finest... Irony must the topic. In order to make sence of this..

[@spoileralert3754]

They knew the sales would ramp up within time. As a automotive buyer I would have stockpiled chips to prevent this ridiculous shortage. Lack of any proper foresight.

[@me4654]

You can still get Lakewood at Walmart unfortunately they aren't metal! I've stopped taking them apart to clean and just sprayed it with Lysol foam and rinsing in the bathtub and putting it in the window OFF letting the wind air dry it!

[@__Andrew_]

Please STOP putting incessant bgm/fx on your videos. (background music). Did you feel you missed out at university when your lecturers didnt play music over the top of their lectures? Then why do you think when you're educating us here that we need your choice in music assaulting our ears?

[@Techkomsan]

The microchip became one of the world need

[@ContextMT]

We made a film about his too - as soon as you start digging the impacts are limitless

[@jeffstrong4580]

Samsung 3 nm with GAA tech is much more advanced than TSMC with 30% faster, 40% smaller and uses 50% less energy. It's not the same class between Samsung and TSMC.

[@claudenirmf]

This video is bad in two points: it makes a confusion between the issue of chips shortage in the global market; and the geopolitics of over-dependence of goods monopolized by foreign countries. None of these, however, have China to blame, at least not in regard to chips production. In fact, the US's sanctions, even if correct, are to blame for some shortage as certain Chinese companies are prevented worldwide filling in some market gap. TL;DR: if you blame China for everything, you lose credibility on articles on China when it is to be blamed.

[@class6aa]

And very sadly the China blaming is the strategy for most major western media.

[@claudenirmf]

@@class6aa btw, the video at CNBC's channel about this is much better and still highlights the geopolitical component to the issue

[@CharonTFM]

News should be balanced so that the correct problems or problematic country can get the right criticism

[@ansonang7810]

China produces no.1 on rare earth elements. they can manufacture chips. but they lack the know theyll be producing chips from 2010. thats why they invested on quantum. they dont need the current chip tech in quantum. they got billion of people so they can train and make the best chips but will take a generation.

[@marlbankian]

Excellent food for thought

[@Bianchi77]

Nice info ,thanks :)

[@mykolassakalauskas3374]

And not a single word about extremely high bitcoin price and mining :D

[@AnthonyAAckah]

According to motivational speakers, where there is a need there is money. So guess what, I'm going to make chips

[@giovinis]

good look but please not end like the zibia guy who want to go to mars

[@urimtefiki226]

@@giovinis 😂

[@urimtefiki226]

@@giovinis He will go to mars with a donkey.

[@Invisible12345ful]

They blame demand, but they don't mention consumerism. Produce open source mobile phones, bigger motherboards with wider copper tracks, supply design and repair documentation for electronics repair - and demand will become lower. But that means decrease in sales, and the current demand is just a spike - a great moment to sell electronics more expensively. This one season of demand will pass, then another one might come after a few years

[@jomo4435]

Consumerism and societal hypocrisy not even buying goods from their own countries to support the industries and jobs...an insatiable appetite

[@stevenchen2435]

I think this video misses the fact that China currently is and has grown to become the largest consumer of chips. Incentives for technological development comes from demand for such technologies. Tesla built a mega factory in China to capture part of the Chinese market for electric vehicles. Who is to say that the chip industry is different?

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Intel are spending 7 Billion Euro on a new production plant in Ireland. There are 5,000 workers on the site. It will be on line next year and will start production soon after that. 1, 600 ectra technicians are to be recruited and trained up in order to meet demand.

[@JimmeShelter]

OK well we'll just wait then.

[@UKinQ8Gaming]

How will they make chips in ireland if they dont have Potatoes 😂 JK

[@RandysBoomBoomBar]

I received my 3060ti one week ago :) I'm was with the lucky ones in a short buying window.

[@patrickgeider]

The animations and transitions make this feel a lot more cheap than it is

[@NoevNemesis]

From the currency war to trade war now it comes down to this...

[@bobymartis4317]

The only time DW make a Taiwanese company Chinese is when they want to blame

[@anonymousanonimity6718]

the us want different countries to excel at a specific industry for the us economy, those who evolve to compete across all industries will be sanctioned, japan in the 90s, and now china, difference is china is becoming the world's largest market, while back in 90s, japan's internal market can only compete with smaller countries like uk, gemany etc

[@sangazo]

yeah Chinese learned from others and they are very quick to copy and imitate others. They know the US internal market is strong so they focus on poverty alleviation inside to create huge market and now their market potential is so huge to ignore. they can now sanction or trade war with countries like Australia and Canada.

[@jasonwang1572]

@@sangazo who does start this war? China or US

[@sangazo]

@@jasonwang1572 Offcourse the warmongers USA

[@189Blake]

The US only wants high quality manufacturers for their companies. But if your nation becomes a competitor, sanctions and "freedom" will come.

[@censoredyoutube4902]

@@sangazo Wait! But China premier Li said they still got more than 0.6 billion people making less than 1000 RMB a year? Poverty level too high still!

[@PhilWithCoffee]

We also need better electronics recycling systems (especially in the U.S. and China) so we do not have to only rely on mining for the necessary minerals.

[@nikolatasev4948]

Chips are absolutely vital for the economy, but comparing them to oil does not make a lot of sense. You either have oil in the ground, or not. If you have it, you may need to invest a ton of money to get it, if it is deep underwater, or in freezing conditions. You only need the tech and the money to build a chip manufacturing plant. It can be done anywhere.

[@kamiboy]

Fun fact: In Brittany they are called digital crisps.

[@BobQuigley]

DW, how about an in depth video on Taiwan's origins. Would be useful to viewers

[@mikemb3754]

type "dw taiwan" in the search bar

[@user-hv4ky5kt2x]

Bob: are you talking about taiwan "aborigin"?

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

here in the UK we need chips also for our 'Fish and Chips' "delicacy"..without chips you just eating a fish...so you really need the chips for it to work-you see.

[@simonlow3039]

100% agree ..I really miss them chips I had when I was studying in uk

[@tajammulrizvi9504]

Need more detailed follow up Programme.

[@hyouzanren1846]

Is this why i still cant buy new Graphics cards?

[@michelbruns]

Yes.

[@giantasparagus]

/crypto

[@jasonwang1572]

True,

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

96% of the global semiconductor chips are made in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. 45% of the global potato chips are produced in China, India, and Ukraine ;)

[@navajyotichetia3211]

Potato chips made by potatoes themselves

[@leungpaul9401]

China is the largest producer of potatoes, which turn into starch

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

Chinese potatoes are of poor quality.

[@LaowaiDaveJCP]

@@AnotherPointOfView944 hypothetically,if China stop producing potatoes, same people like u would be crying like "China stockpiled potatoes creating world potato crisis". 😆

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

@@LaowaiDaveJCP I grow my own.

[@rupeshpatel8934]

Brilliant explanation

[@abhishekrana5367]

0:54 chip is needed for whatever it is. I can Tell by its name.

[@zaurenstoates7306]

ALWAYS need more green circuits!

[@Espen.Johannesen]

I am doing something wrong with the rocket control unit. xD Factorio ftw.

[@michaelsteve4789]

*No 1: Don't Only Hope On Government's Responds On security Matter's And Economy growth,* *No 2: As An Individual You Should Be Safeguarded And Also Look For Different Self Business And Trade Not Only Waiting on Betterment of Stock market activities,* *No 3: Most Important Always Save The Little You Can And Think Of What To Do With It When It Become Good For Capital.* *Because Government Have Failed Us In Aspect Of Security, Economics Activities And Other Trading Systems*

[@wendyben6187]

I have always believe in Stock market and other Economics activities but Is really unfair that 2020 trading and stock market is just difficult and unbelievable which is too bad now i rather invest my money only on bitcion and gain more profit in return

[@bilkshad7362]

sure Bitcoin trade is great unlike the stock market and other financial market Bitcoin has no centralized location since it operates 24hour's in different parts of the world

[@annieraymond4673]

Bitcoin trading might make you rich if you are hedge found with deep pockets or an unusually skilled currency trader

[@davorabzug9091]

After a successful investment you have nothing to worry about whether the rise and fall of economy or anything won't affect you make your future brighter by making good Exactly that's true if you have a good investor you have nothing to Worry about

[@JamesWilliams-ky1by]

Currently the rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing while the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich

[@cacritic28]

World peace can only be accomplished with a friendly game played with poker chips along with a huge bag of potato chips

[@james6275]

let the chips fall where they may

[@bryandepaepe5984]

Moore's law still has to follow the laws of physics. The atom is about 0.1nm in diameter, there are about 10 atoms in 1nm which means there are about 50 atoms in a 5nm transistor.

[@tylerdurden3722]

That 5nm refers to the transistor gate width in a mosfet transistor. A 2-dimentional feature, with a width (a 1-dimentional measurement) that can be measured. Modern chip transistors use FinFETs. Which uses a 3-dimentional gate that can't be measured using a 1-dimentional measurement. So "5nm" is a marketing term that refers to a kind of equivalent. There's nothing relevant measuring "5nm" in a modern chip. 5nm is supposed to mean, the performance is equivalent to a 5nm wide 2-dimentional gate. But, these days, even this has devolved into purely marketing lables.

[@ncus3098]

Countries that are now banning exports to China will suffer and lost their financial profit in a few more years after China has made its own chips, because the demand in China is huge

[@waynec5208]

I don't think you know what you are talking about. Demand in China is huge because they are the manufacturing and assembling hub. Would you say all the iPhones made there are the demand of China? As for China making its own chips, I think you seriously underestimate the resources needed to make the advanced chips.

[@spider6660]

@@waynec5208 Everything is being interlinked. What would happen if China bans exports of rare earth elements?

[@DarkstarDarth]

Too much dependency on Chinese goods.

[@shiyuchan2175]

As Taiwan under military pressure of China, only possible trend is TSMC's production capacity will be share and diverse, US and EU will build more chip factory to counter the risk.

[@adwarb84]

India should take lead in manufacturing chips in this regard.

[@isuruthiwanka9448]

Breaking US dominance is much more btter BTW..

[@pandertv2235]

ok winnie

[@NashHinton]

Okay, decadent American.

[@pandertv2235]

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[@NashHinton]

@@pandertv2235 Yawn. At least China has family values and is taught to work hard.

[@matteo-cu8uv]

Why did they make the poor woman present this in the middle of a snow storm?

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

"think how to get it back up, preferably in cooperation" - that's what she said. I think that's a good idea ;))

[@alext3811]

PC gamers and enthusiasts have been dealing with these shortages for the better part of a year if not longer.

[@gwyn.]

*Business fight each other TSMC: Aight.. you want chips? I got chips. Ay! Intel, no line cutting! Everyone gets some.

[@ohrenaugenkatze_]

I thought Intel produces the chips themselves?

[@gwyn.]

@@ohrenaugenkatze_ Yeah only until recently they decided to out source it to TSMC 'cause production bottleneck.

[@fanoboyo4559]

@@ohrenaugenkatze_ But not 10nm chips at mass production.

[@ebrahimmoollasgamingandmai9418]

You should have done a video on the GPU shortage witch has gone on for longer and will last longer and has done more damage

[@glenwaldrop8166]

The GPU shortage has not done more damage. It is more inconvenient for gamers but the overall chip shortage has impacted automotive, Internet, computer sales as a whole, manufacturing of everything that uses silicon chips. The GPU shortage is almost entirely due to somewhat below average production numbers and incredibly high demand. If anything it has done great things for AMD, Nvidia, TSCM and Samsung, they're selling every single chip they can produce with a waiting list that extends out 6 months to a year. They can roll back to Turing and Vega using GDDR5 and fix the GPU supply issue *today.* Nvidia already has pushed the RTX 2060 again and I wouldn't be surprised if AMD bumps Polaris or Vega again.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Very good video! "Chips" Isn't correct term, Integrated Circuit or "ICs" are. Still liked the video.

[@KeithRogersBigdaddykr]

it's time to start making them in the US not dependent on the other country's government needs to stop letting companies dictate and drive prices their's resources that need to be used and helped to make us dominate in these areas not dependent it's time America let's get behind making us strong . we can do it.

[@leungpaul9401]

JAPANESE sanction on S. Korea 's chip manufacturer over Comfort Women issues is not mentioned

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

Because we moved all our factories to China.

[@lambertlum1087]

The US is banning Chinese companies because Beijing can't be trusted. Taiwan is picking up the orders that would normally go to Mainland China.

[@levyroth]

😂 😂 😂

[@jasonwang1572]

@@lambertlum1087 Dream about it. Most of Taiwan factories are located in China.

[@computer-training-for-seniors]

Janelle has done a good job presenting this story.

[@DrWil-km9zh]

Why the rush, when most car companies don't manufacture reliable cars anymore with quality issues!.