Re:PlayDate Fulfillment Delayed
by tshaddox on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:24PM
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Why isn’t the result of those actions that those auto manufacturers either pay more or go without, rather than every buyer paying more and/or going without?
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Because all capacity is being used. So it's not that today's capacity costs more (this capacity was sold and paid for months/years ago), it's future capacity that costs more. Until there are more chip factories, this is going to be an ongoing problem for the chip industry.