How will 'chipageddon' affect you?
05/02/2021
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Carmakers and consumer-gadget companies are struggling to source enough computer chips.
This is a shortsighted viewpoint. Whilst you may not be directly affected (job loss/new tech purchases), this is a major multinational industry. Of course it will have knock-on effects. They might not all be negative though - for example, if manufacturing is moved locally, to avoid reliance on Taiwan/S.Korea, this may benefit local incomes and reduce environmental impact, e.g. transport emissions.
It will long term, the West happily off shored all it's critical tech manufacture for the sake of cheap labour and those chickens are coming home to roost now the East controls the tap. The same thing also happened in pharmaceuticals with API and excipient production first to go, we'll forget how to make stuff.
True it will NOT affect a single child or anyone working from home. After all who the f**k needs a computer to work from home or remote learning. We can use carrier pigeons or maybe typewriters? :)
And let's not forget. Electric cars have zero chips in them so f**k it let's carry on using older diesels because they're chip free.
So yup not a single person will be affected. Happy Days :)
And let's not forget. Electric cars have zero chips in them so f**k it let's carry on using older diesels because they're chip free.
So yup not a single person will be affected. Happy Days :)
The industry is awash with talk about the latest Xbox, and it's LACK of demand. Microsoft are carefully managing stock levels in retail, so there aren't shelves of unwanted stock. Sony have released their sales numbers, and have sold everything they have made, Microsoft decline to mention sales numbers, as it would uncover the charade.
Wait for the shortness of raw food to start, third world struggled to harvest last year, will be the same this year, it will make the shortness of chips look like a small headache
Not being able to get a 5G phone or PS5 is such a first world problem. Get over it.
The perfect time to keep your car, laptop, iPhone, etc in use and resist the urge to buy a new one.
This relentless cycle of replacing perfectly functional and serviceable items is a major contributor to resource and energy consumption and thus drives climate change.
The time for consumerism to be viewed in a negative light is well overdue.
This relentless cycle of replacing perfectly functional and serviceable items is a major contributor to resource and energy consumption and thus drives climate change.
The time for consumerism to be viewed in a negative light is well overdue.
Couldn't agree more. I've been in the habit of keeping my cars for 10 years at least and, apart from friends ribbing me that I should 'get a newer model,' I've not suffered. The same with white goods, telly etc. which seem to last forever if you give them the chance to. Not like the old days when these things broke at the drop of hat, is it?
The problem with your statement is that it doesn't drive climate change. I am not denying that it doesn't contribute in some small part, but drive it? No. On the other hand it does make people feel happier. Not an easy thing these days. Personal well being has to take precedent. Perspective is needed. You could easily say eat less beef or walk to work for a far bigger impact on climate change.
all very well but Apple will not upgrade older gadgets I have two perfectly good iPads which are unusable as they will not upgrade and the apps won't work without the new iOS even the NHS app won't work on iPhones without iOS 13
How will 'chipageddon' affect you?
In other words;
How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need, affect you?
"New graphics cards, iPhones, the latest Xbox/PlayStation, new cars."
Such an 'Ivory tower' question lol imagine if this pandemic happened in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books' with the help of Parents maybe?
Maybe buy less cr@p people, you don't really need it!
In other words;
How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need, affect you?
"New graphics cards, iPhones, the latest Xbox/PlayStation, new cars."
Such an 'Ivory tower' question lol imagine if this pandemic happened in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books' with the help of Parents maybe?
Maybe buy less cr@p people, you don't really need it!
I only bought a new iPad a few years ago because they stopped doing security updates for my old one. Apple didn’t even give me a cash back because the said it was too old! They only want the gullible who must have the latest things.
Classic luddite attitude. I need a new GPU for work. Welcome to the 21st century. Tastes and demand change. You can read and still want a playstation gramps, people use online gaming to socialise.
"Maybe buy less cr@p people, you don't really need it!"
Virtue signal of the day!
"in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books'"
Such a modern comment LOL. 1,000 years ago only the rich had books. Btw I started learning on my own computer in 1981.
"In other words; How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need"
Those are your words, not the article's. The article is cogent & rational.
Virtue signal of the day!
"in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books'"
Such a modern comment LOL. 1,000 years ago only the rich had books. Btw I started learning on my own computer in 1981.
"In other words; How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need"
Those are your words, not the article's. The article is cogent & rational.
but. but. but. not buying stuff is bad
BBC news tells us all the time
BBC news tells us all the time
"Such an 'Ivory tower' question lol imagine if this pandemic happened in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books' with the help of Parents maybe?"
Such remarkable hypocrisy from someone using the internet to post a comment. If this pandemic happened in the 80's you'd have to have used paper and pen to send a letter to the editor. Practice what you preach?
Such remarkable hypocrisy from someone using the internet to post a comment. If this pandemic happened in the 80's you'd have to have used paper and pen to send a letter to the editor. Practice what you preach?
As a design consultant I have a high end workstation with a gaming card. It runs a 980ti Strix OC and a overclocked I7-6700k at 4.6ghz.
The question to ask in the PC market is do you actually need an upgrade? 4K gaming still isnt quite there yet and anything from around a 980 upwards (or 1060) can run the latest games pretty well at 1080p....I have no intention of upgrading, even for work.
The question to ask in the PC market is do you actually need an upgrade? 4K gaming still isnt quite there yet and anything from around a 980 upwards (or 1060) can run the latest games pretty well at 1080p....I have no intention of upgrading, even for work.
I think you lost about 99.8% of the audience with that comment. Serious gamers will laugh at your 980ti. They are on to 3090 cards now (if they can find one). I have a Radeon RX5700XT that I hardly use, bought for about £350 last year. Price for a 2nd hand one is double that now. Maybe I will sell it!
How will 'chipageddon' affect you?
It won't.
It won't.
This is a shortsighted viewpoint. Whilst you may not be directly affected (job loss/new tech purchases), this is a major multinational industry. Of course it will have knock-on effects. They might not all be negative though - for example, if manufacturing is moved locally, to avoid reliance on Taiwan/S.Korea, this may benefit local incomes and reduce environmental impact, e.g. transport emissions.
Thank you for your reply but it is irrelevant to the actual question being asked.
Chipageddon ..like mine with chips or steak.
Will it affect the supply of French ??as well !
Will it affect the supply of French ??as well !
All these gagets we crave so fuel climate change. We mostly upgrade because we just want the latest. Do we really need a Diamond Gorilla Gigabit Nasalpin Headpincher Phone? Or are getting it because it is the latest?
Written on a second hand Samsung S7 - does just what i want it to and i wont cry if the screen cracks as it wont cost a fortune....
Written on a second hand Samsung S7 - does just what i want it to and i wont cry if the screen cracks as it wont cost a fortune....
Do we need Wi-Fi enabled fridges, washing m/c, ovens, hobs, central heating controls and light bulbs, probably not. Each 1 has a chip of some sort in it. Each chip and circuit contains rare earth metals. Computer systems should really only be used in essential machine, a light bulb or fridge is not 1 of them. There should also be incentives to keep you phone, may be free data.
No, they do not contain rare earth metals in the main. They are actually made from rock. Like so many others I buy a sim card, having paid for my phone some time ago. Who are you to tell me what is an essential machine? My telephone? The EC device in my aeroplane that warns me of aircraft that I may not have seen ? The radio in my car? This is the twenty first century. We don't live in caves.
If we'd not had all the development we'd not be able to do what we are now, and working at home would unlikely have been an option for anybody.
Light bulbs, fridges etc, computer monitoring and control all helps reduce energy wastage.
Problem is that technology evolves...
Light bulbs, fridges etc, computer monitoring and control all helps reduce energy wastage.
Problem is that technology evolves...
Let's get outside and exercise more, play more board games, enjoy more low tech entertainment and stop buying gadgets we don't need. That way this tech can be put to good use for things that are going to benefit our planet (lower cost renewable energy solutions for example).
How many high end graphics cards are being devoted to bitcoin mining?
All that resource and energy to produce a virtual currency that is only as valuable as people think it is. Humans really are sometimes quite insane.
All that resource and energy to produce a virtual currency that is only as valuable as people think it is. Humans really are sometimes quite insane.
All currencies are only as valuable as people think they are. Kinda how it works.
Mining Bitcoin using GPUs is no longer profitable, I believe everyone use ASICs now. Fiat currencies float and their value isn't underwritten by anything tangible, certainly no longer by gold which we sold off decades ago.
UK has he potential of being a decent chip manufacturer. We have had wafer fabs in the UK before, no reason why not again.
True, wasn't the central belt of Scotland called Silicon Glen. Manufacturing companies included IBM, Texas Instruments, Motorola, Sun, NEC, NCR to name a few.
Not as simple as that. We're currently on 5nm, with very low yield until the process is perfected.
It would be madness for anyone to jump into the semiconductor game now in the UK, just look at GlobalFoundries with 7nm.
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
It would be madness for anyone to jump into the semiconductor game now in the UK, just look at GlobalFoundries with 7nm.
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
The first integrated circuits were made in the UK in the 1950's.
The ARM processor which is at the heart of most smartphone and automotive applications is developed in Cambridge. It was a spin-off from the BBC micro.
The ARM processor which is at the heart of most smartphone and automotive applications is developed in Cambridge. It was a spin-off from the BBC micro.
Need a trained/skilled workforce for anything we lost.
Thatcher and successive governments made sure we lost all of that and will take years before we can even think to get that back
Thatcher and successive governments made sure we lost all of that and will take years before we can even think to get that back
Sad thing really that we see the latest game, car, TV , self monitoring fridge, phone or wireless home appliance as being the most important goal in life. The sellers of these things are the hunters and the rest of us the hunted. Nothing much has has changed in 200,000 years of human evolution. This is not real life!
"Nothing much has has changed in 200,000 years of human evolution. This is not real life!"
Sooo ummm how many more hundreds of thousands of years does that have to go on for before it becomes "Real Life"?
Fact of the matter is humans are a species that has developed a taste for nice things...
Probably goes back to when Gronk totally wanted that Bronze axe over his SO last season flint one...
Sooo ummm how many more hundreds of thousands of years does that have to go on for before it becomes "Real Life"?
Fact of the matter is humans are a species that has developed a taste for nice things...
Probably goes back to when Gronk totally wanted that Bronze axe over his SO last season flint one...
So why waste you time replying on an electronic chat then? Does someone know you're missing?
This is a shortsighted viewpoint. Whilst you may not be directly affected (job loss/new tech purchases), this is a major multinational industry. Of course it will have knock-on effects. They might not all be negative though - for example, if manufacturing is moved locally, to avoid reliance on Taiwan/S.Korea, this may benefit local incomes and reduce environmental impact, e.g. transport emissions.
Yeah, I was scratching my head at their reply too.
It prompted me to do some real soul searching, but when all was said and done I too came to the conclusion that I shan't be affected either.
Obviously I'll go and sit myself on the selfish step.
It prompted me to do some real soul searching, but when all was said and done I too came to the conclusion that I shan't be affected either.
Obviously I'll go and sit myself on the selfish step.
I love chips...
But there is more information to judge the strength of a regular currency than there is with bitcoin.
I can take my coins and make a useful tool if the market crashes: good luck forging your imaginary money into anything.
Thank you for your reply but it is irrelevant to the actual question being asked.
Sad thing really that we see the latest game, car, TV , self monitoring fridge, phone or wireless home appliance as being the most important goal in life. The sellers of these things are the hunters and the rest of us the hunted. Nothing much has has changed in 200,000 years of human evolution. This is not real life!
"Nothing much has has changed in 200,000 years of human evolution. This is not real life!"
Sooo ummm how many more hundreds of thousands of years does that have to go on for before it becomes "Real Life"?
Fact of the matter is humans are a species that has developed a taste for nice things...
Probably goes back to when Gronk totally wanted that Bronze axe over his SO last season flint one...
Sooo ummm how many more hundreds of thousands of years does that have to go on for before it becomes "Real Life"?
Fact of the matter is humans are a species that has developed a taste for nice things...
Probably goes back to when Gronk totally wanted that Bronze axe over his SO last season flint one...
Sad thing really that we see the latest game, car, TV , self monitoring fridge, phone or wireless home appliance as being the most important goal in life. The sellers of these things are the hunters and the rest of us the hunted. Nothing much has has changed in 200,000 years of human evolution. This is not real life!
As a design consultant I have a high end workstation with a gaming card. It runs a 980ti Strix OC and a overclocked I7-6700k at 4.6ghz.
The question to ask in the PC market is do you actually need an upgrade? 4K gaming still isnt quite there yet and anything from around a 980 upwards (or 1060) can run the latest games pretty well at 1080p....I have no intention of upgrading, even for work.
The question to ask in the PC market is do you actually need an upgrade? 4K gaming still isnt quite there yet and anything from around a 980 upwards (or 1060) can run the latest games pretty well at 1080p....I have no intention of upgrading, even for work.
I think you lost about 99.8% of the audience with that comment. Serious gamers will laugh at your 980ti. They are on to 3090 cards now (if they can find one). I have a Radeon RX5700XT that I hardly use, bought for about £350 last year. Price for a 2nd hand one is double that now. Maybe I will sell it!
As a design consultant I have a high end workstation with a gaming card. It runs a 980ti Strix OC and a overclocked I7-6700k at 4.6ghz.
The question to ask in the PC market is do you actually need an upgrade? 4K gaming still isnt quite there yet and anything from around a 980 upwards (or 1060) can run the latest games pretty well at 1080p....I have no intention of upgrading, even for work.
The question to ask in the PC market is do you actually need an upgrade? 4K gaming still isnt quite there yet and anything from around a 980 upwards (or 1060) can run the latest games pretty well at 1080p....I have no intention of upgrading, even for work.
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Every 'update' to your smart phone increases battery consumption and reduces performance.
Manufacturers deny it is to make you upgrade. Maybe it is just laziness.
Google, Samsung, Apple, Hwawei... should get their engineers to focus their efforts on improving the performance of firmware on existing handsets and extend the "support period" to cover the shortages.
Manufacturers deny it is to make you upgrade. Maybe it is just laziness.
Google, Samsung, Apple, Hwawei... should get their engineers to focus their efforts on improving the performance of firmware on existing handsets and extend the "support period" to cover the shortages.
not true - sometimes it does more often though it doesn't. Each & every additional app that you have running does.
However, you should bare in mind that batteries degrade over time and typically can only reach 50% their original capacity after 400-450 charge cycles...
It would make sense to go back to replaceable batteries (and associated coulomb counter/gas gauges).
However, you should bare in mind that batteries degrade over time and typically can only reach 50% their original capacity after 400-450 charge cycles...
It would make sense to go back to replaceable batteries (and associated coulomb counter/gas gauges).
The perfect time to keep your car, laptop, iPhone, etc in use and resist the urge to buy a new one.
This relentless cycle of replacing perfectly functional and serviceable items is a major contributor to resource and energy consumption and thus drives climate change.
The time for consumerism to be viewed in a negative light is well overdue.
This relentless cycle of replacing perfectly functional and serviceable items is a major contributor to resource and energy consumption and thus drives climate change.
The time for consumerism to be viewed in a negative light is well overdue.
Couldn't agree more. I've been in the habit of keeping my cars for 10 years at least and, apart from friends ribbing me that I should 'get a newer model,' I've not suffered. The same with white goods, telly etc. which seem to last forever if you give them the chance to. Not like the old days when these things broke at the drop of hat, is it?
Good idea but difficult to put into practice. So many items have microprocessors and that means firmware but manufactures often don't update the firmware after 2 years from launch, so they are vulnerable to hacking (phones, internet enabled cars, home automation etc.). If one gets hacked then all you home devices are then exposed.
My Audi A2 is 16 years old and being 95% aluminium has a good many years life left and people remark it looks like new. But parts are no longer stocked in the UK and must be ordered from Germany but Audi Tradition is no longer supplying the UK due to Brexit. 2nd hand parts are not always safe to use.
Except that the modern household appliances don't last forever, it's the really old ones that were built like the proverbial brick sh#t houses. Contrast the Kelvinator refrigerator my late uncle bought that was still working the day he died some 30-40 years later with a modern, super expensive Dyson vac that you are lucky if it works for more than 3 years.
The perfect time to keep your car, laptop, iPhone, etc in use and resist the urge to buy a new one.
This relentless cycle of replacing perfectly functional and serviceable items is a major contributor to resource and energy consumption and thus drives climate change.
The time for consumerism to be viewed in a negative light is well overdue.
This relentless cycle of replacing perfectly functional and serviceable items is a major contributor to resource and energy consumption and thus drives climate change.
The time for consumerism to be viewed in a negative light is well overdue.
The problem with your statement is that it doesn't drive climate change. I am not denying that it doesn't contribute in some small part, but drive it? No. On the other hand it does make people feel happier. Not an easy thing these days. Personal well being has to take precedent. Perspective is needed. You could easily say eat less beef or walk to work for a far bigger impact on climate change.
The resources that go into mining and refining ores, processing oil for polymers, manufacture of products and packaging, logistics of distribution and retail is enormous. Your comment is naive.
If you allow your happiness to be determined by consuming stuff, then that's pretty much a problem right there. If you're under 50, then you have probably spent your entire life being cultivated to consume
If you allow your happiness to be determined by consuming stuff, then that's pretty much a problem right there. If you're under 50, then you have probably spent your entire life being cultivated to consume
I keep having this argument. Personal wellbeing does NOT take precedent. All those people "going to the shops", "visiting friends", "buying new things to feel better" are not helping us. We're societally encouraged to do these things for the small pleasure it gives. A bit like eating very tasty but unhealthy food, you can rewire and realise you don't need to do those things....but they are easy.
"Personal well being has to take precedent" is perhaps the most selfish thing I have read on here. The desire to buy a new gadget and climate change are on vastly different scales of importance and if everyone thought only of themselves and screw everyone else, or the planet's future, then we'd be in a really bad shape.
Eat less beef? Aw come on! The biggest contributor to global warming from farming is the amount of food we waste, and most of that is from plant based food. If we cut back on what is wasted in our shopping (and don't buy from supermarkets) we wouldn't need to bully meat-eaters.
PS Has anyone on here ever smelt a vegan fart lol?
PS Has anyone on here ever smelt a vegan fart lol?
If you need a laptop or desktop for work there are several of places around the UK that refurbish and sell ex company kit. Its normally very good quality, cheap, much better for the planet, and your money goes to small to med businesses in the UK rather than global megacorps
I buy Dell refurbished, espcially when on offer. less than 300 for what was last years 1,000 laptop sometimes
Couldn't agree more. I've been in the habit of keeping my cars for 10 years at least and, apart from friends ribbing me that I should 'get a newer model,' I've not suffered. The same with white goods, telly etc. which seem to last forever if you give them the chance to. Not like the old days when these things broke at the drop of hat, is it?
Good idea but difficult to put into practice. So many items have microprocessors and that means firmware but manufactures often don't update the firmware after 2 years from launch, so they are vulnerable to hacking (phones, internet enabled cars, home automation etc.). If one gets hacked then all you home devices are then exposed.
Couldn't agree more. I've been in the habit of keeping my cars for 10 years at least and, apart from friends ribbing me that I should 'get a newer model,' I've not suffered. The same with white goods, telly etc. which seem to last forever if you give them the chance to. Not like the old days when these things broke at the drop of hat, is it?
My Audi A2 is 16 years old and being 95% aluminium has a good many years life left and people remark it looks like new. But parts are no longer stocked in the UK and must be ordered from Germany but Audi Tradition is no longer supplying the UK due to Brexit. 2nd hand parts are not always safe to use.
You do know that most AUDI, VW, SEAT and SKODA parts Are interchangeable as they are all the SAME COMPANY
I've owned my 1999 Audi S4 Avant for 17 years. It has now covered 282k miles and is in as good a condition today as it was when I bought it. The mileage has now become a 'badge of honour' rather than a deprecation nightmare, which is liberating and enjoyable experience. Parts can be an issue but it is challenging and fun to hunt them down.
TSMC and GlobalFoundries must be happy. But really this has been going on for years, with every new process.
The reality is also that the massive changes in usage and demand in 2020 has exacerbated the problem. The chip business is highly cyclical anyway (has been since the 1980s and before). The challenge is that the scale of the investment needed for current technology fabrication plant is in the billions, and the timeframe to build it is years. By then market may have contracted significantly.
I buy and sell silicone chips on eBay
Britishelectro (check my other items)
Search "CMOS pick", you will find me
I have not noticed any supply disruption
This problem is effecting the latest very small advanced stuff which can only be soldered by robots and thus only the biggest players
DIP and SOIC chips are used by amateurs and bespoke systems manufacturers and are in plentiful supply
Britishelectro (check my other items)
Search "CMOS pick", you will find me
I have not noticed any supply disruption
This problem is effecting the latest very small advanced stuff which can only be soldered by robots and thus only the biggest players
DIP and SOIC chips are used by amateurs and bespoke systems manufacturers and are in plentiful supply
Do we need Wi-Fi enabled fridges, washing m/c, ovens, hobs, central heating controls and light bulbs, probably not. Each 1 has a chip of some sort in it. Each chip and circuit contains rare earth metals. Computer systems should really only be used in essential machine, a light bulb or fridge is not 1 of them. There should also be incentives to keep you phone, may be free data.
No, they do not contain rare earth metals in the main. They are actually made from rock. Like so many others I buy a sim card, having paid for my phone some time ago. Who are you to tell me what is an essential machine? My telephone? The EC device in my aeroplane that warns me of aircraft that I may not have seen ? The radio in my car? This is the twenty first century. We don't live in caves.
Fracgil rock ??
if this is affecting you, you don't need that gadget or that car, you need to get a real life.
There are 2 types of people.
1) I acquired the Q4RKX4000i and it’s plenty to run my firm and software
2) I like mine with salt and vinegar... maybe occasionally splash out with some curry sauce...
Can you be both?
1) I acquired the Q4RKX4000i and it’s plenty to run my firm and software
2) I like mine with salt and vinegar... maybe occasionally splash out with some curry sauce...
Can you be both?
Chips aren't needed to build cars.
How many chips in a 1970 Ford Cortina? (0)
How many chips in the Mariner 4 spacecraft which flew by Mars in 1965? (0)
IMVHO "modern" cars would be much better if they had fewer or no chips onboard. They make operation of the vehicle confusing and serbicing much more difficult and expensive.
How many chips in a 1970 Ford Cortina? (0)
How many chips in the Mariner 4 spacecraft which flew by Mars in 1965? (0)
IMVHO "modern" cars would be much better if they had fewer or no chips onboard. They make operation of the vehicle confusing and serbicing much more difficult and expensive.
The mandatory safety and emissions standards for road vehicles (which are keeping you the driver & pedestrians from getting hurt) require electronic control. Sure, that 1970 Cortina did not have any chips, but it required a service every 5,000 miles, and probably did 15 mpg. Conversely, Mariner 4 'no chips'? I wonder how the radio, tape recorder, solar energy, navigation etc worked with no chips?
capitalism:anarchic, chaotic, no planning, every man 4 self. alternative? socialist.net
Examples? (Don't pick the former Soviet Union or the Peoples Republic of China, both of which are and never have been anything close to "socialist")
Communism != Socialism, but you knew that already, but like most,why let the facts get in the way of a good hys rant.
Does your country have: Fire departments - socialism. State Police Forces - socialism. Medicare and Medicaid, a Military, Social Security, Minimum wage legislation, Public schools ... The extremes: 100% Private Enterprise - Never Existed (extreme income inequality) and 100% State Owned - USSR Totalitarianism (also extreme income inequality). Somewhere in between is socialism.
Socialism: never worked anywhere at anytime responsible for the death of millions.
Typical reply from the left, if the murderous despotic socialist regimes embarrass or disprove your reasoning just say they were not really socialist after all and move on. How about Pol Pot or Mao??
So what about more cars with just the minimum of semiconductors; ignition and fuel injection?
I for one am not keen at all on all the gadgetry. Features like ABS are debatable, my 2C is that new drivers should be sent out onto the kart tracks to learn how to brake properly!
I for one am not keen at all on all the gadgetry. Features like ABS are debatable, my 2C is that new drivers should be sent out onto the kart tracks to learn how to brake properly!
There is absolutely no debate around ABS, what a ridiculous statement. There is zero chance of releasing cars with simplified systems due to the safety requirements of NCAP, etc. and the blatantly obvious fact that by the time these companies developed a new simplified model of car the problem with chip supply will have already gone away.
I agree completely - yet am always told that "nobody wants this, everyone wants all these extra whistles and bells"
It is about time us nobodies stand up and demand products we actually want not what some marketeer tells us we should want.
It is about time us nobodies stand up and demand products we actually want not what some marketeer tells us we should want.
I buy and sell silicone chips on eBay
Britishelectro (check my other items)
Search "CMOS pick", you will find me
I have not noticed any supply disruption
This problem is effecting the latest very small advanced stuff which can only be soldered by robots and thus only the biggest players
DIP and SOIC chips are used by amateurs and bespoke systems manufacturers and are in plentiful supply
Britishelectro (check my other items)
Search "CMOS pick", you will find me
I have not noticed any supply disruption
This problem is effecting the latest very small advanced stuff which can only be soldered by robots and thus only the biggest players
DIP and SOIC chips are used by amateurs and bespoke systems manufacturers and are in plentiful supply
It was, but the UK gov did not see any value in ARM, so its been sold off to Nvidia, who seem to be planning to move the main R&D outside of the UK to the work along side there GPU R&D teams.
Arm never manufactured - design then offshore for manufacture. The investment to create a new factory is staggering.
Just as well I've got a few spuds in the garden then??
Should have been dug up before now, mine are stored in boxes, so many I have no chance of eating them all.
Chips aren't needed to build cars.
How many chips in a 1970 Ford Cortina? (0)
How many chips in the Mariner 4 spacecraft which flew by Mars in 1965? (0)
IMVHO "modern" cars would be much better if they had fewer or no chips onboard. They make operation of the vehicle confusing and serbicing much more difficult and expensive.
How many chips in a 1970 Ford Cortina? (0)
How many chips in the Mariner 4 spacecraft which flew by Mars in 1965? (0)
IMVHO "modern" cars would be much better if they had fewer or no chips onboard. They make operation of the vehicle confusing and serbicing much more difficult and expensive.
The mandatory safety and emissions standards for road vehicles (which are keeping you the driver & pedestrians from getting hurt) require electronic control. Sure, that 1970 Cortina did not have any chips, but it required a service every 5,000 miles, and probably did 15 mpg. Conversely, Mariner 4 'no chips'? I wonder how the radio, tape recorder, solar energy, navigation etc worked with no chips?
How will 'chipageddon' affect you?
It won't.
It won't.
It will long term, the West happily off shored all it's critical tech manufacture for the sake of cheap labour and those chickens are coming home to roost now the East controls the tap. The same thing also happened in pharmaceuticals with API and excipient production first to go, we'll forget how to make stuff.
Thats good that, Chip age don. So whats on the menu, sproats?
So what about more cars with just the minimum of semiconductors; ignition and fuel injection?
I for one am not keen at all on all the gadgetry. Features like ABS are debatable, my 2C is that new drivers should be sent out onto the kart tracks to learn how to brake properly!
I for one am not keen at all on all the gadgetry. Features like ABS are debatable, my 2C is that new drivers should be sent out onto the kart tracks to learn how to brake properly!
There is absolutely no debate around ABS, what a ridiculous statement. There is zero chance of releasing cars with simplified systems due to the safety requirements of NCAP, etc. and the blatantly obvious fact that by the time these companies developed a new simplified model of car the problem with chip supply will have already gone away.
ABS doesn't reduce stopping distance, it does however enable you to control steering without manual cadence braking (something that is very hard to do when you are trying not to hit whatever has jumped out in front of you). No debate ABS is a good thing.
Internet connected foo, predictive driver aids, automatic windscreen washers etc however are just shiney things that we do not need.
Internet connected foo, predictive driver aids, automatic windscreen washers etc however are just shiney things that we do not need.
if this is affecting you, you don't need that gadget or that car, you need to get a real life.
Chips aren't needed to build cars.
How many chips in a 1970 Ford Cortina? (0)
How many chips in the Mariner 4 spacecraft which flew by Mars in 1965? (0)
IMVHO "modern" cars would be much better if they had fewer or no chips onboard. They make operation of the vehicle confusing and serbicing much more difficult and expensive.
How many chips in a 1970 Ford Cortina? (0)
How many chips in the Mariner 4 spacecraft which flew by Mars in 1965? (0)
IMVHO "modern" cars would be much better if they had fewer or no chips onboard. They make operation of the vehicle confusing and serbicing much more difficult and expensive.
What a misleading headline. I thought the idiots in charge and so called Jamie Oliver had banned delicious chips for a second. I wouldn’t put it past them.
If you need a laptop or desktop for work there are several of places around the UK that refurbish and sell ex company kit. Its normally very good quality, cheap, much better for the planet, and your money goes to small to med businesses in the UK rather than global megacorps
Yes really annoying, I had hoped to upgrade my computer but the new good graphics cards are not possible to get. Looks like a year or more wait now.
Do not waste capacity on silly cars! ??
Do not waste capacity on silly cars! ??
I upgraded to a 2080ti last March, concerned that the pandemic was going to lead to hardware shortages.
When the 3000 series were released last Autumn everyone was laughing at the 2080ti owners.
How things change.
When the 3000 series were released last Autumn everyone was laughing at the 2080ti owners.
How things change.
Just as well I've got a few spuds in the garden then??
It may slow the tide of the throwaway society. Upgrading phones etc so regularly is very wasteful in terms of the planets resources and individual finances. Covid should have taught people to save some for the rainy day and not live beyond ones means.
Yes we should keep things longer and not throw them away.
Now if only I could get security updates for my phone. Nothing wrong with it but the last update was 30 months ago - keeping the phone is now a question of when not if it will be compromised :-(
Now if only I could get security updates for my phone. Nothing wrong with it but the last update was 30 months ago - keeping the phone is now a question of when not if it will be compromised :-(
High value, specialised items that we are very capable of producing in this country, yet we are extremely reliant on Asia, particularly Korea for these components.
This: high value, low footprint manufacturing is exactly what we should be aiming for here.
We should be an exporter of these components not an importer.
This: high value, low footprint manufacturing is exactly what we should be aiming for here.
We should be an exporter of these components not an importer.
Did you read the article? It said: "Most of tier-two foundries have been registering poor earnings, low margins and high debt ratio during the past few years... From the profitability perspective, building a new fab[rication plant] for smaller foundries is difficult to consider." You're in effect advocating taxpayer bailouts in future for an industry we can't sustain. Why did Dyson leave?
The UK's competitive advantage being? Closeness to the client (distance - low transportation costs)? Discounted prime materials costs (local mines)? Intellectual property (might be achieved in the future with the new immigrant wave from Hong Kong)? Tax advantages for the producing company (over their current location)? Low labor cost? Productivity? I'd argue, none of the above...
The mandatory safety and emissions standards for road vehicles (which are keeping you the driver & pedestrians from getting hurt) require electronic control. Sure, that 1970 Cortina did not have any chips, but it required a service every 5,000 miles, and probably did 15 mpg. Conversely, Mariner 4 'no chips'? I wonder how the radio, tape recorder, solar energy, navigation etc worked with no chips?
It would make more sense for the government to create the environment for some chip making capacity in the UK. These days it should be regarded as a strategic industry like we maintain ship building and steel. The backward steam age attitude in the political class is scary. They are happy to create a new fast steam age train set but not universal broadband. Guess we know what companies mates own!
We don't maintain ship building or steel manufacturer. Investment from foreign companies and foreign governments does that for us.
What a misleading headline. I thought the idiots in charge and so called Jamie Oliver had banned delicious chips for a second. I wouldn’t put it past them.
Never mind microchips. Farmers should be encouraged to grow as much as they can. Manufacturers should increase output of UK produced electrical goods and be given incentives to fund R&D. Government should be encouraging car production and public services should be instructed to buy UK produced goods. You never see continental public services driving or using stuff that is not produced locally.
1) You hardly ever see people buying things that are more expensive, just because they've got a UK flag on it. 2) There are millions of French and German cars in all European countries. 3) Food is distributed across Europe daily, from where it is cheaper to produce to where it is profitable to sell. 4) Electrical goods made in UK still need foreign microchips in them.
Yes really annoying, I had hoped to upgrade my computer but the new good graphics cards are not possible to get. Looks like a year or more wait now.
Do not waste capacity on silly cars! ??
Do not waste capacity on silly cars! ??
Yes that is me, the new ones were expected so I waited. They are about twice as good as it turned out, a big improvement, but not available to nobodies like me. Still the wait should have a 3080ti available. Fortunately it is only a hobby for me not life altering.
How will 'chipageddon' affect you?
It won't.
It won't.
True it will NOT affect a single child or anyone working from home. After all who the f**k needs a computer to work from home or remote learning. We can use carrier pigeons or maybe typewriters? :)
And let's not forget. Electric cars have zero chips in them so f**k it let's carry on using older diesels because they're chip free.
So yup not a single person will be affected. Happy Days :)
And let's not forget. Electric cars have zero chips in them so f**k it let's carry on using older diesels because they're chip free.
So yup not a single person will be affected. Happy Days :)
Thank you for your strawman reply but again it is irrelevant to the question being asked.
If you need a laptop or desktop for work there are several of places around the UK that refurbish and sell ex company kit. Its normally very good quality, cheap, much better for the planet, and your money goes to small to med businesses in the UK rather than global megacorps
Actually the number of times a machine has been switched on or off does have an impact on its life too!
You be supprised at the amount of fully working decade old kit out there :)
I did once get asked to fix a server which it turns out had been *powered on* for over a decade without a restart!
In any case most places will supply 1-2 years warranty so you don't really need to worry about it.
I did once get asked to fix a server which it turns out had been *powered on* for over a decade without a restart!
In any case most places will supply 1-2 years warranty so you don't really need to worry about it.
#1 We have airfields FULL off new cars. Perhaps the manufactures should consider selling what they have rather than complaining they deliver on sales for things they are yet to make.
#2 Forecasting production 12 months out is hard. If you don't want to beholden to an international supply chain you can always make it yourself (yes flexibility to have things when you want them is WHY it costs more)
#2 Forecasting production 12 months out is hard. If you don't want to beholden to an international supply chain you can always make it yourself (yes flexibility to have things when you want them is WHY it costs more)
Who is “we”?
here is a novel idea, just go back to making simple cars with low technology applied.
cars has way too much electronics in them all of which are distractions from driving , plus the privacy issues like being monitored and bombarded . Engine electronics go back to simple plugs and points, them you can do your own car maintenance !!!
cars has way too much electronics in them all of which are distractions from driving , plus the privacy issues like being monitored and bombarded . Engine electronics go back to simple plugs and points, them you can do your own car maintenance !!!
Good luck getting your plug and points car to meet current emissions standards...
We could do that, but then average mpg would go back to 5 - 10 miles to the gallon and lots of extra people would die as a direct result of the air pollution.
The correct solution is to spend the required 10 -15 billion $ on a new 10nm fab plant. But even that is not a quick fix as Intel are 4 years behind schedule getting the one they own/built working.
The correct solution is to spend the required 10 -15 billion $ on a new 10nm fab plant. But even that is not a quick fix as Intel are 4 years behind schedule getting the one they own/built working.
Why not just upgrade the plugs and points with simple electric ignition - it is a transistor. If your car is 40 years or more old then free tax as well as BC (Before Computers).
Socialism: never worked anywhere at anytime responsible for the death of millions.
The old line that they sell you that there's a coven of Russian/Chinese/North Korean hackers sitting in a room just waiting for your phone to miss an update. It keeps working as the sheep keep buying the 57 varieties of Apple that get released every year. I call bull on the reason being security: it's fashion, plain and simple.
Exactly. Deliberate stopping of servicing and updates by manufacturers is also driving and encouraging the throwaway mentality.
It should be possible to keep older devices usable but the manufacturers want you to buy a new one, they should rely on those who will inevitably buy a new one and allow those who wish to keep using perfectly serviceable older or second hand equipment to do so.
It should be possible to keep older devices usable but the manufacturers want you to buy a new one, they should rely on those who will inevitably buy a new one and allow those who wish to keep using perfectly serviceable older or second hand equipment to do so.
If you had the capacity before the pandemic it is still there more or less. It is probably repurposed currently and should get back to normal in short order. The problem is greed. Artificial shortage is created to increase prices. HENCE THIS ARTICLE
So what about more cars with just the minimum of semiconductors; ignition and fuel injection?
I for one am not keen at all on all the gadgetry. Features like ABS are debatable, my 2C is that new drivers should be sent out onto the kart tracks to learn how to brake properly!
I for one am not keen at all on all the gadgetry. Features like ABS are debatable, my 2C is that new drivers should be sent out onto the kart tracks to learn how to brake properly!
here is a novel idea, just go back to making simple cars with low technology applied.
cars has way too much electronics in them all of which are distractions from driving , plus the privacy issues like being monitored and bombarded . Engine electronics go back to simple plugs and points, them you can do your own car maintenance !!!
cars has way too much electronics in them all of which are distractions from driving , plus the privacy issues like being monitored and bombarded . Engine electronics go back to simple plugs and points, them you can do your own car maintenance !!!
Never mind microchips. Farmers should be encouraged to grow as much as they can. Manufacturers should increase output of UK produced electrical goods and be given incentives to fund R&D. Government should be encouraging car production and public services should be instructed to buy UK produced goods. You never see continental public services driving or using stuff that is not produced locally.
1) You hardly ever see people buying things that are more expensive, just because they've got a UK flag on it. 2) There are millions of French and German cars in all European countries. 3) Food is distributed across Europe daily, from where it is cheaper to produce to where it is profitable to sell. 4) Electrical goods made in UK still need foreign microchips in them.
If you watch the news programmes and see a report from France, Germany or Italy ,the public services are all using vehicles produced in these countries. We need to get as close to self sufficiency in food production as possible to avoid importing. As for microchips, we need to create that industry in this country so we don't have to rely on other countries.
capitalism:anarchic, chaotic, no planning, every man 4 self. alternative? socialist.net
It would make more sense for the government to create the environment for some chip making capacity in the UK. These days it should be regarded as a strategic industry like we maintain ship building and steel. The backward steam age attitude in the political class is scary. They are happy to create a new fast steam age train set but not universal broadband. Guess we know what companies mates own!
No shipbuilding only survives on warships ordered by government. See the last two carriers, Tridend subs to come, etc. Ownership of the companies can be anyone’s.
What a misleading headline. I thought the idiots in charge and so called Jamie Oliver had banned delicious chips for a second. I wouldn’t put it past them.
There is absolutely no debate around ABS, what a ridiculous statement. There is zero chance of releasing cars with simplified systems due to the safety requirements of NCAP, etc. and the blatantly obvious fact that by the time these companies developed a new simplified model of car the problem with chip supply will have already gone away.
ABS doesn't reduce stopping distance, it does however enable you to control steering without manual cadence braking (something that is very hard to do when you are trying not to hit whatever has jumped out in front of you). No debate ABS is a good thing.
Internet connected foo, predictive driver aids, automatic windscreen washers etc however are just shiney things that we do not need.
Internet connected foo, predictive driver aids, automatic windscreen washers etc however are just shiney things that we do not need.
I always used to service and maintain my own car.
No more; my new car has a mysterious plastic box (to which other, equally mysterious plastic boxes are attached) under the bonnet from whence the motive power comes, seemingly by some sort of witchcraft. Personally, I wouldn't call it progress: disposable instead of repairable is far from a forward step.
I wouldn't miss not having chips in cars.
No more; my new car has a mysterious plastic box (to which other, equally mysterious plastic boxes are attached) under the bonnet from whence the motive power comes, seemingly by some sort of witchcraft. Personally, I wouldn't call it progress: disposable instead of repairable is far from a forward step.
I wouldn't miss not having chips in cars.
Unfortunately, modern drivers seem incapable of being able to drive a car without the brainboxes taking over: they stamp on the throttle and the TCS keeps things under control; they stamp on the brakes and the ABS takes over; the car avoids things they're too busy updating snapbookgram to even notice in front of them. As with so much else, remove the safety systems & let nature sort it out.
Your fuel efficiency would plummet.
Every 'update' to your smart phone increases battery consumption and reduces performance.
Manufacturers deny it is to make you upgrade. Maybe it is just laziness.
Google, Samsung, Apple, Hwawei... should get their engineers to focus their efforts on improving the performance of firmware on existing handsets and extend the "support period" to cover the shortages.
Manufacturers deny it is to make you upgrade. Maybe it is just laziness.
Google, Samsung, Apple, Hwawei... should get their engineers to focus their efforts on improving the performance of firmware on existing handsets and extend the "support period" to cover the shortages.
not true - sometimes it does more often though it doesn't. Each & every additional app that you have running does.
However, you should bare in mind that batteries degrade over time and typically can only reach 50% their original capacity after 400-450 charge cycles...
It would make sense to go back to replaceable batteries (and associated coulomb counter/gas gauges).
However, you should bare in mind that batteries degrade over time and typically can only reach 50% their original capacity after 400-450 charge cycles...
It would make sense to go back to replaceable batteries (and associated coulomb counter/gas gauges).
So Apple phones are at 50% by the end of the first month going by that?
The people glibly saying it won't affect them because they like their ten year old phone... nothing wrong with that, but you may want to take a look at where your pension fund is invested...
You'll find that there's a good portion of it in tech, automotive and other impacted industries.
There is a much bigger picture than your immediate sphere of vision, and it affects (almost) everyone.
You'll find that there's a good portion of it in tech, automotive and other impacted industries.
There is a much bigger picture than your immediate sphere of vision, and it affects (almost) everyone.
Welcome to HYS, where everything is boiled down to simplistic reasoning.
It's why we ended up leaving the biggest developed single market in the world. Although, the basic reason we left was because the Tories used the racist card. Ironically, the Tories have agreed to millions of Hong Kong Chinese coming to live here.
The chip shortfall hopefully will be short-lived.
It's why we ended up leaving the biggest developed single market in the world. Although, the basic reason we left was because the Tories used the racist card. Ironically, the Tories have agreed to millions of Hong Kong Chinese coming to live here.
The chip shortfall hopefully will be short-lived.
High value, specialised items that we are very capable of producing in this country, yet we are extremely reliant on Asia, particularly Korea for these components.
This: high value, low footprint manufacturing is exactly what we should be aiming for here.
We should be an exporter of these components not an importer.
This: high value, low footprint manufacturing is exactly what we should be aiming for here.
We should be an exporter of these components not an importer.
Did you read the article? It said: "Most of tier-two foundries have been registering poor earnings, low margins and high debt ratio during the past few years... From the profitability perspective, building a new fab[rication plant] for smaller foundries is difficult to consider." You're in effect advocating taxpayer bailouts in future for an industry we can't sustain. Why did Dyson leave?
It's a long term play, a 15+ year horizon, not a 5 year horizon. Of course, it's billions, but the demand is very high and it's not exactly going to wane in the future with everything progressively getting smarter. It's also a huge security concern as these things process all our data yet we have no oversight of their production.
It's not just about a quick buck, it's a whole industry.
It's not just about a quick buck, it's a whole industry.
High value, specialised items that we are very capable of producing in this country, yet we are extremely reliant on Asia, particularly Korea for these components.
This: high value, low footprint manufacturing is exactly what we should be aiming for here.
We should be an exporter of these components not an importer.
This: high value, low footprint manufacturing is exactly what we should be aiming for here.
We should be an exporter of these components not an importer.
The UK's competitive advantage being? Closeness to the client (distance - low transportation costs)? Discounted prime materials costs (local mines)? Intellectual property (might be achieved in the future with the new immigrant wave from Hong Kong)? Tax advantages for the producing company (over their current location)? Low labor cost? Productivity? I'd argue, none of the above...
How will 'chipageddon' affect you?
In other words;
How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need, affect you?
"New graphics cards, iPhones, the latest Xbox/PlayStation, new cars."
Such an 'Ivory tower' question lol imagine if this pandemic happened in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books' with the help of Parents maybe?
Maybe buy less cr@p people, you don't really need it!
In other words;
How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need, affect you?
"New graphics cards, iPhones, the latest Xbox/PlayStation, new cars."
Such an 'Ivory tower' question lol imagine if this pandemic happened in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books' with the help of Parents maybe?
Maybe buy less cr@p people, you don't really need it!
"Apple … only want the gullible"
Sorry to hear you're that. Next time consider a non-Apple product—there are many more of them than there are Apple products. Almost all are better value & some are better quality.
Apple has been a fashion company since 2005—when the droped 'Computer' from the company name—just like Google & Facebook are advertising companies. I prefer to buy from product makers.
Sorry to hear you're that. Next time consider a non-Apple product—there are many more of them than there are Apple products. Almost all are better value & some are better quality.
Apple has been a fashion company since 2005—when the droped 'Computer' from the company name—just like Google & Facebook are advertising companies. I prefer to buy from product makers.
Socialism: never worked anywhere at anytime responsible for the death of millions.
Does your country have: Fire departments - socialism. State Police Forces - socialism. Medicare and Medicaid, a Military, Social Security, Minimum wage legislation, Public schools ... The extremes: 100% Private Enterprise - Never Existed (extreme income inequality) and 100% State Owned - USSR Totalitarianism (also extreme income inequality). Somewhere in between is socialism.
Chavez, Ceacusescu, Castro, Kim Jong-il........ all good old socialists. And yes Communism = Socialism.
Glad to see someone knows we already have socialism. It is social i.e. for the benefit of everyone in a society.
1) You hardly ever see people buying things that are more expensive, just because they've got a UK flag on it. 2) There are millions of French and German cars in all European countries. 3) Food is distributed across Europe daily, from where it is cheaper to produce to where it is profitable to sell. 4) Electrical goods made in UK still need foreign microchips in them.
If you watch the news programmes and see a report from France, Germany or Italy ,the public services are all using vehicles produced in these countries. We need to get as close to self sufficiency in food production as possible to avoid importing. As for microchips, we need to create that industry in this country so we don't have to rely on other countries.
Who is “we”? I think you’ll find that most of the “we” that are capable of doing such things leave the UK.
The only way we could possibly get close to self sufficiency in fresh foods that will grow in our climate is to reduce the population. Having 3 or 4 children won't cut it.
We don't maintain ship building or steel manufacturer. Investment from foreign companies and foreign governments does that for us.
How will 'chipageddon' affect you?
In other words;
How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need, affect you?
"New graphics cards, iPhones, the latest Xbox/PlayStation, new cars."
Such an 'Ivory tower' question lol imagine if this pandemic happened in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books' with the help of Parents maybe?
Maybe buy less cr@p people, you don't really need it!
In other words;
How does buying 'Stuff' that you don't really need, affect you?
"New graphics cards, iPhones, the latest Xbox/PlayStation, new cars."
Such an 'Ivory tower' question lol imagine if this pandemic happened in the 80's, kids would have learned using 'books' with the help of Parents maybe?
Maybe buy less cr@p people, you don't really need it!
I upgraded to a 2080ti last March, concerned that the pandemic was going to lead to hardware shortages.
When the 3000 series were released last Autumn everyone was laughing at the 2080ti owners.
How things change.
When the 3000 series were released last Autumn everyone was laughing at the 2080ti owners.
How things change.
The people glibly saying it won't affect them because they like their ten year old phone... nothing wrong with that, but you may want to take a look at where your pension fund is invested...
You'll find that there's a good portion of it in tech, automotive and other impacted industries.
There is a much bigger picture than your immediate sphere of vision, and it affects (almost) everyone.
You'll find that there's a good portion of it in tech, automotive and other impacted industries.
There is a much bigger picture than your immediate sphere of vision, and it affects (almost) everyone.
Welcome to HYS, where everything is boiled down to simplistic reasoning.
It's why we ended up leaving the biggest developed single market in the world. Although, the basic reason we left was because the Tories used the racist card. Ironically, the Tories have agreed to millions of Hong Kong Chinese coming to live here.
The chip shortfall hopefully will be short-lived.
It's why we ended up leaving the biggest developed single market in the world. Although, the basic reason we left was because the Tories used the racist card. Ironically, the Tories have agreed to millions of Hong Kong Chinese coming to live here.
The chip shortfall hopefully will be short-lived.
We didn't want to leave the worlds biggest single market, it has/had huge benefits, which is why we joined in the first place. However, all the attached strings that have since come with it since, has made it a less than desirable entity.
The bad 'Tories' backed remain, like all the political class. It was the real people that won brexit.
We might be entering a bigger only trading group soon anyway. The political class are the problem they let anyone in if they can. Their attitudes lost them the brexit issue.
We should have chip fabrication capacity here as security, we have seen the eu attitude to vaccines!
We might be entering a bigger only trading group soon anyway. The political class are the problem they let anyone in if they can. Their attitudes lost them the brexit issue.
We should have chip fabrication capacity here as security, we have seen the eu attitude to vaccines!
#1 We have airfields FULL off new cars. Perhaps the manufactures should consider selling what they have rather than complaining they deliver on sales for things they are yet to make.
#2 Forecasting production 12 months out is hard. If you don't want to beholden to an international supply chain you can always make it yourself (yes flexibility to have things when you want them is WHY it costs more)
#2 Forecasting production 12 months out is hard. If you don't want to beholden to an international supply chain you can always make it yourself (yes flexibility to have things when you want them is WHY it costs more)
If you had the capacity before the pandemic it is still there more or less. It is probably repurposed currently and should get back to normal in short order. The problem is greed. Artificial shortage is created to increase prices. HENCE THIS ARTICLE
If you watch the news programmes and see a report from France, Germany or Italy ,the public services are all using vehicles produced in these countries. We need to get as close to self sufficiency in food production as possible to avoid importing. As for microchips, we need to create that industry in this country so we don't have to rely on other countries.
ARM. Ltd tells you all the UK governments thinks of protecting "strategic" industries and technology". If it is not worth protecting, what is? Name a company of such importance being allowed by, say US/EU/Japan/south Korea, being sold to UK company. Look at world leading research at our universities, being monetised by foreign countries/companies reeping the economic rewards
It is the UK ‘monetisation' that has always been the problem. Look at film. We have the language advantage & great performing traditions and support staff. But we create, fund, own, no proper entertainment films. We get lumbered with 'arty' garbage next to no one wants to watch. Not our own Star Wars, or anything actually. State subsidised utter junk instead. To bbc thinking 6 episodes is a series
I've got a slide rule - it does everything you need without chips or electricity. It even put men on the moon.
Can it play Doom?
Lots of comments on here talking about what ‘we’ should do.
To be clear, a significant number (not all!) of the most creative scientists and engineers leave the UK for other countries that don’t despise ‘experts’.
In the USA, a mediocre engineer easily makes $100k and a good one, double that.
Until the UK recognizes the value of its home grown talent, “we” won’t be doing anything to solve this.
To be clear, a significant number (not all!) of the most creative scientists and engineers leave the UK for other countries that don’t despise ‘experts’.
In the USA, a mediocre engineer easily makes $100k and a good one, double that.
Until the UK recognizes the value of its home grown talent, “we” won’t be doing anything to solve this.
As someone who lived & worked in the USA for 8 years, your statement is correct. I worked in the automotive industry & was paid 75% more in the USA than for a comparable job in the UK.
Having said all of that, US society is horrible & just driven by money & consumption. I prefer the European way of life.
Having said all of that, US society is horrible & just driven by money & consumption. I prefer the European way of life.
No, they do not contain rare earth metals in the main. They are actually made from rock. Like so many others I buy a sim card, having paid for my phone some time ago. Who are you to tell me what is an essential machine? My telephone? The EC device in my aeroplane that warns me of aircraft that I may not have seen ? The radio in my car? This is the twenty first century. We don't live in caves.
Basically this shows up the fallacy that globalisation and offshoring is good in the long run. It isn't. It leads to exploitation, the creation of dangerous monopolies and puts countries in a strategic hole. The Next century needs to see industry diversify and production and R&D etc diversify. Lots of small local producers rather than a few big global producers. In Everything.
Did you read the article? It said: "Most of tier-two foundries have been registering poor earnings, low margins and high debt ratio during the past few years... From the profitability perspective, building a new fab[rication plant] for smaller foundries is difficult to consider." You're in effect advocating taxpayer bailouts in future for an industry we can't sustain. Why did Dyson leave?
It's a long term play, a 15+ year horizon, not a 5 year horizon. Of course, it's billions, but the demand is very high and it's not exactly going to wane in the future with everything progressively getting smarter. It's also a huge security concern as these things process all our data yet we have no oversight of their production.
It's not just about a quick buck, it's a whole industry.
It's not just about a quick buck, it's a whole industry.
It won't.