War in Ukraine could extend the chip shortage: Energy and logistics costs are rising, while inflation threatens to balloon and inhibit economic growth for Western Europe and the world.

TSMC makes big investment to meet surging chip demand: Chip leader looks to spend at least $40 billion to expand production capacity in 2022, before competing chip fabs become operational.

More on this: While the used EV market’s popularity might be a surprise, it’s an extension of what’s happening in the used car market overall, with walls closing in on all sides from chip scarcity, supply chain snarls, battery mineral shortages, inflation, and wallet-busting gas prices. Overall, new car prices ticked down slightly by 0.3% from February to March, per Wired.

The smartphone industry is feeling the squeeze of the semiconductor shortage.

ES: Mounting tensions between Russia and Ukraine could leave necessary chip components in short supply: The region produces neon and palladium, which could further choke chip supplies if unavailable.

Chip companies could pivot to cloud and services: Expecting a slowdown in chip sales, companies like Broadcom are leaning on software and cloud computing acquisitions with companies like VMware to diversify their business.

Supply chain issues and the chip shortage have stifled PS5 sales for more than a year and a half. Sony expects PS5 shortages to ease by 2024, per PC Gamer. Instead of wrestling with supply chain shortages it can’t control, porting dozens of game titles to PC could be a surefire way to generate new and recurring revenues.

The toll of inflation, the chip shortage, as well as increasing transport and storage costs due to oil price hikes will inevitably raise smartphone prices as a whole. Price increases will come at a time when consumers are holding off on upgrades after their recent 5G transitions.

Decentralizing chip production and weaning off reliance on monolithic suppliers has been one of the biggest results of the chip shortage. However, many of these chip fabs will not be operational until 2024. Lack of diversification in chip fabrication has been a key reason for the ongoing chip crisis, per an IDC report cited by The Register.

Semiconductor sales are expected to normalize after a record-setting 2021 predicated by various shortages and extended gaps between orders and deliveries.

EU countries need to find alternative sources of energy to supply their chip fabs or accelerate their adoption of green energy before going all-in on expanding silicon production to overcome the chip crisis.

Ohio manufacturing site could turn the tide for Intel: The new location will employ 3,000 and could inspire other chip manufacturers to jump on local government incentives and cheap land.

Intel earns Nvidia’s vote as potential foundry partner: Future Intel chip fabs could boost capacity for GPUs and other chips, taking away TSMC and Samsung’s dominance and bringing production closer to home.

2021 was a year of reckoning across various industries due to the worsening chip crisis. Chip and component supplies ran dry, exposing weaknesses in supply chains, while manufacturers scrambled to adjust product lines.

Samsung leads in next-gen chip production: Production of Samsung’s 3-nanometer chip leaves rivals like TSMC and Intel scrambling. And chip innovation is quickly outpacing the speed of legislating subsidy bills.

Tesla remains king of EVs thanks to exponential growth, despite the chip crisis: Strong sales in China and Europe propelled growth, but safety worries and expensive recalls taint Tesla’s rise.