Why did car-makers pause production while the PC supply chain coped with a surge? Because Apple and Samsung pay for priority access to product
Feature In February 2021, giant automakers Nissan and Honda warned shareholder that revenue was set to fall. The cause of the imminent fall was not economic decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic but a boom in demand for semiconductors that left them unable to secure the components they needed to make their products.
A cascade of similar announcements followed, along with factory closures, leading governments around the world scrambling to address the problem.
February 2021 also brought confirmation…
