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2022 preview: Will the global computer chip shortage ever end?

The growing demand for computer chips, used in everything from cars to fridges, has collided with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to a global shortage that is likely to continue through 2022

By Jason Arunn Murugesu

31 December 2021

Computer chip factory

A production line at Jiejie Semiconductor Co., Ltd in Nantong, China

Xu Congjun/VCG via Getty Images

The ongoing global computer chip shortage is the reason , why and But what is behind the shortage, and will the problem continue into 2022?

Microchips are both increasingly vital – found in everything from laptops and cars to fridges – and increasingly complex. “The first Intel microchip in 1971 contained 2500 individual transistors on a…

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