November 20, 2021

105: Chips Ahoy

1 hour 10 minutes

Where have all the chips gone? Scott Willsey joins John to look at how the shifting automotive use of ICs, a drought, a pandemic and poor planning amongst other things has led to an unprecedented global chip shortage with no end in sight.
With Scott Willsey and John Chidgey.

Links of Potential Interest:

2020–2021 Global Chip Shortage

Surging Demand Cause Semiconductor Shortfall

Global shortage in computer chips reaches crisis point

Wafer (electronics)

22 new 200mm fabs in semiconductor capacity boom

Foundry model

Top five chip makers dominate global wafer capacity

GlobalFoundries to take up-front payments for capacity

A Computer Chip Shortage Has Hobbled the Auto Industry

How Tesla pivoted to avoid the global chip shortage that could last years

Apple and the 10,000 CNC milling machines

Apple invests another $45 million in Gorilla Glass maker Corning

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s Water Woes

Torr

Etching (microfabrication)

Thin film

Photolithography

Ion implantation

Doping (semiconductor)

Wafer (electronics)

How COVID-19 will affect semiconductor demand in 2021

The Global Microchip Shortage: What It Means for Your Next Car Purchase

Experts drill into the motor industry’s chip issues

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Episode Gold Producers:

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Episode Silver Producers:

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