Running out of chips. by Milota Sidorova

Although we're living in 4 or more G phone period, recession and worries may slow down our demands. Although we have decided our 3G smart phone bought last year was completely useless because we just needed some extra thirds of seconds better connection or metal instead of plastic phone cover, we would have to survive the worst nightmare of a customer.We will have to wait, because although we decide and agree to spend some hundred of dollars for these new products, they won't be in shops.They won't be on internet, because their creators and providers have run out of chips.Although Chinese factories work on 120 percent speed, although their workers sometimes jump out the wi! ndow because they just can't go on working 20 and more hours a day just to produce more, there is not enough of chips.That means we have to wait and not to be as cool as it's generally required.These problems have hit most of smartphone and computer producers all over the world, according them chip industry is risky business with demand rising up one day and falling down the other day. Most of companies just don't want to risk to build up entire factory, hire new people or just upgrade their existing facilities.The only one apparently going well along with chips is Apple, already the world king of electronic goods. Some observers say its “dumb luck” comes from its market positions, as the biggest consumer of electronic components it swallows most of chip production, but even Apple has had problems producing enough iPads and 4G iPhones this season. Although it sold more than million of deviced in just several weeks, its Chinese lines are overheated and can't pro! duce more. For now, it seems crisis and unstable chip environm! ent is s lowing down the production.But the question is – is it really slowing the production or is it a case that bars were risen on unreachable level? Wasn't it just all unrealistic businessmen projection of sale records breaking down anything before?

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by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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