In the chaotic spring of 2020, as automotive plants sat idle and consumer electronics faced a six-month backlog, a quiet realization swept through the C-suites of Fortune 500 manufacturers: No one actually knew where their chips were.
By: TechSupply Review
While most of the world blamed a simple "chip shortage," the reality was far more complex. The global semiconductor supply chain—a $600 billion labyrinth involving raw wafers, specialized substrates, and third-party logistics—had broken not because of a lack of demand, but because of a catastrophic lack of visibility . firstchip+yc2019+new