Author: Matthew Hall

Electronic component shortages, specifically semiconductors and substrates for central processing units (CPUs), have created a massive problem for many industries, including the gaming industry, leaving consumers in limbo as they are unable to get their hands-on new gaming hardware. Gaming hardware manufacturers have struggled with stock shortages for a year now. However, consumers are facing price hikes and shortages of products from TVs and mobile phones to cars as the global shortage in semiconductors grows.  Firstly, what exactly is a semiconductor? A computer chip also called a semiconductor or integrated circuit, is a series of electronic circuits printed onto a…