Global Shortage

Since the breakdown of relationships between these once-close trading partners, the world’s supply of microprocessors has hit a staggering all-time low. Used in computers of all kinds, from digital clocks to powerful personal computers, microprocessors are essential to modern life.

This global shortage is likely to cause complications in daily life for millions. Problems in stocking computer products, price hikes, and purchase limits are practically a certainty in the coming months as supplies dwindle.

Hope remains that these two countries may come to a compromise and re-establish production and trade before this problem continues to spiral further.