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Great article in Fortune about the Chip shortage ....

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Thanks -Interesting. Wonder how Ford approached the chips for the Maverick - from the article it sounded like there isnt a shortage of the more modern chips only the old outdated ones .....
 

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... there isnt a shortage of the more modern chips only the old outdated ones .....
The problem is there's no demand for modern chips. Technologies move at their own rate.

Remember that microprocessors and ethernet were developed in the 1970's, and the first commercial applications are still in service, over 30 years later.
 
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The section below is what I think is the main hold on innovation. A chip that triggers the anti-lock system for example is tried and true while a new updated one would mean possibly the rethinking of the entire braking system in cars. At least that's what I understand.

Also what I am noticing in the NYC area is that while domestic dealerships are quite barren in inventory most import car makers have full lots and quite a selection to sell. Not all, but most.
What's that look like in your areas?


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"The brutal cost pressure carmakers exert on their suppliers, which source the chips for their various components, is certainly part of the reason why the processors they use tend to be bulk commodity products. But it isn’t the only one: Reliability plays a major concern.

Most systems in cars are safety-critical and need to perform in practically every situation regardless of temperature, humidity, vibrations, and even minor road debris. With so much at stake, tried and true is better than new and improved.


“A lot of it just has to do with the fact that these are proven designs,” explained Gelsinger ...
"For the foundries, investing in the old technology is much less attractive, because sooner or later there will be a migration to the new technology," Enrico Salvatori, president of Qualcomm Europe, said in an interview.

He is also working with the car industry to accelerate the transition, but he concedes it’s not an easy fix.

“The new technologies are not pin-to-pin compatible, it’s not plug and play,” Salvatori said. “You have to redesign the circuit, build a new board that might have to be recertified; maybe there’s some impact on the mechanical side that then could affect the car’s chassis. So there is a domino effect of action needed.”

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