<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 1:26 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 3/24/21 12:25 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
> There are also chip shortages caused by the shift in buying patterns <br>
> during the pandemic (auto manufacturers thought that people will not buy <br>
> as much cards, and asked production to be reduced, and now they can't <br>
> finish putting together cars because of that).<br>
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I don't believe it. What buying pattern? I bought significantly less <br>
tech stuffs. It's just tactics to raise the prices and make up for COVID.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Don't think tech as in gadgets. Think tech as it is embedded in various <br></div><div>devices. <br></div><div><br></div><div>TVs and game consoles for example, would expect more sales during a pandemic</div><div>where people are at home most of the time. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Cars manufacturers on the other hand expected less sales, since people were <br></div><div>expected to travel less, and ordered less chips for the cars. <br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Many articles about it.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-03-03/chip-shortage-2021-it-s-time-to-start-worrying-about-a-glut">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-03-03/chip-shortage-2021-it-s-time-to-start-worrying-about-a-glut</a></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Khalid M. Baheyeldin</div></div>