Title: Why Is There a Global Chip Shortage and When Will It End?
Headings: Why Is There a Global Chip Shortage and When Will It End?
Why Is There a Global Chip Shortage and When Will It End?
What Is a Semiconductor Chip?
What’s Causing the Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage?
What’s Being Done About It?
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When Will the Global Chip Shortage End?

Content: These tiny chips are so ingrained in our lives that their shortage has caused a panic in the global market. Semiconductor chips power everything from TVs and microwaves sitting in our homes to the laptops and mobile phones that we can’t imagine our lives without. And now, the world doesn’t have enough. So, here's what causing the global semiconductor chip shortage and how long it might last. What Is a Semiconductor Chip? If the software is eating the world, then chips are the teeth. This is how Kif Leswing from CNBC described semiconductor chips in a recent interview. He's right. Semiconductors, also called chips or semis, are the tiny components that silently but diligently power everything from rockets and jets to microwaves and mobile phones. The silicon-based chips were introduced in 1947 in the USA and ushered in a new paradigm of computing.