The global chip deficit, which affects everything from PS5 to graphics cards, is becoming a “crisis”

While anyone reading this will know that it’s been hard to find a PS5 lately, a lot of other markets are also facing shortages, due to a global “crisis” affecting the supply of semiconductor chips to, well, whatever use. And this is a lot of stuff.

As the Guardian report, while the chip supply should improve now that we are a few months away from some of the worst Covid crashes and distribution outages, things have actually become worse due to changes in the market (we bought many more computers, TVs and consoles while stuck at home) and a huge influx of new products that use them, putting more pressure on the supply chain.

The shortcomings of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are just the tip of the iceberg. Large phone launches from companies such as Apple and Samsung have been delayed, new graphics cards are still hard to find, and carmakers around the world are either slashing production or piling up unfinished cars in parking lots while waiting for chips to power their systems. software.

“Chips are everything,” said analyst Neil Campling the Guardian. “A perfect storm of supply and demand factors is happening here. But, practically, there is a new level of demand that cannot be kept up, everyone is in crisis and getting worse. ”

I reported last month that President Biden he looks at the “review of the causes” behind this, but it is difficult to see how well he could do it; we know the reason, and simply that the supply of chips is not enough to meet demand and may not be long enough, which will make things like the lack of graphics cards and an inflated resale market worse for the future. close until production can increase (or at least just catch up).