As we spoke last week, the global lack of supply that affects all types of products, from consoles to phones and cars, is reduced to the lack of semiconductors. More precisely, however, some one of the biggest culprits is the lack tiny parts which costs around 1 USD.
Like this Bloomberg emphasizes the report, a global lack of display drivers and the similarly small and previously anonymous power management chip are two of the most specific parts of the supply chain that support the global production of almost everything a computer has in it.
The same report also provides a pretty interesting update about just that Why we have this shortage, from a withdrawal of production orders (companies thought the lock would create less demand for computer-related products, no more) to the fact that some of these components are made using outdated production methods to an explosion in the variety and volume of devices that need chips that previously did not.
While we would expect this massive increase in demand to mean a bunch of new factories and improved production capacity, the real bottom line here for anyone looking for a PS5 or a new car stuck on a dock somewhere is that the companies responsible for manufacturing components like the display driver is not interested in changing anything soon, because “existing lines are completely depreciated and adjusted for near-perfect yields, which means that basic display drivers can be made for less than a dollar and versions more advanced for not much More. “