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Gollamudi Radha Krishna Murty A side-effect of Covid-19 pandemic is the amplification of semiconductor shortage across the globe which disabled car manufacturers from installing the electronics that control entertainment systems, safety features and driving aids and even made some carmakers to cut their assembly-line shifts, some to temporarily shut their factories Its adverse impact is not limited to car industry alone, for chips are the backbone of pretty much everything around us: be it PCs/laptops, smart speakers, tablets, gaming consoles, internet modems and Wi-Fi routers, smartphones, TVs, ACs, refrigerators, washing machines, rice cookers, water purifiers, ATM machines, 3/4/5G networks—they all...
