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The semiconductor shortage has hindered production across industries, including the home appliance and telecommunications sectors.
While the chip industry has dozens of new factories in its sights, they will take years to build, meaning no relief anytime soon. Meanwhile, manufacturing equipment scarcity–caused, in part, by the semi-conductor shortage–has further slowed the building of fabrication plants, creating a self-feeding loop where parts scarcity and manufacturing problems build upon each other.