Articles
Vol 8.No.24
The first major semiconductor crisis of the 21st century
Abstract
The current semiconductor catastrophe is not a new phenomenon, there have been some other crises
in the past. Yet, the actual one is due to unusual highly complex events that make it one of a kind.
For some reason, there is a general idea that the main factor causing this critical situation was the
Covid-19 pandemic; nevertheless, this was just one event of many others who played a role to exacerbate
this anomaly, whose economic repercussions have revealed the dependence of today’s society
on technology.
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