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Wrangling supply chains ain't easy.

The same forces that snarled the supply chain for chips are the ones that also led to desperate shortages of toilet paper and bicycles. It’s an economic phenomenon called “the bullwhip effect.”

The phrase was coined by a professor researching why the supply chain for diapers experiences wild swings in order volumes even though consumers buy diapers at a relatively constant rate. Turns out even small changes in demand for diapers triggered larger changes in retailers’ wholesale orders, which set off even bigger swings in manufacturers’ demand for the materials to manufacture diapers. Sort of like a cowboy cracking a bullwhip, small motion can have big impacts.

Incredible journey!

Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down The pioneering probes are still running after nearly 45 years in space, but they will soon lose some of their instruments

Jack Kilby, Father of the Microchip. In 1958, electrical engineer Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit, also known as the microchip. Jack Kilby has been awarded more than sixty patents for his inventions.

Using the microchip, Jack Kilby designed and co-invented the first pocket-sized calculator called the "Pocketronic". He also invented the thermal printer that was used in portable data terminals. For many years Kilby was involved in the invention of solar powered devices. Most notably, Jack Kilby was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the integrated circuit.

Thank you for your contributions to semiconductor development, Jack.

The semiconductor decade: A trillion-dollar industry The global semiconductor industry is poised for a decade of growth and is projected to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030.

Exclusive: Russia's attack on Ukraine halts half of world's neon output for chips Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips, have halted their operations as Moscow has sharpened its attack on the country, threatening to raise prices and aggravate the semiconductor shortage.

Intel chief warns of two-year chip shortage Pat Gelsinger talks chip crisis, China and how the firm intends to fight back in the marketplace.

Chip Crisis in ‘Danger Zone’ as Wait Times Reach New Record Shortages in the semiconductor industry, which have already slammed automakers and consumer electronics companies, are getting even worse, complicating the global economy’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

How a Smartphone Chip Powered NASA’s Historic Flight on Mars On Monday, an aircraft flew on another planet: a historical first. Here's a look at the tech that made it happen.

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The street prices of Nvidia and AMD GPUs are utterly out of control At least the PS5 and Xbox Series X are calming down.

Chip shortage shows no signs of abating, may drag into 2022 It’s not just manufacturing capacity—wafer and packaging remain constrained.

Chip Shortages Force More Cuts at North American Auto Plants U.S. automakers are expanding production cuts at some North American plants as they cope with a worsening global shortage of semiconductors.

It's never ending and we all need to keep vigilant.

New And Innovative Supply Chain Threats Emerging But so are better approaches to deal with thorny counterfeiting issues.