200mm silicon wafers will be very scarce this year 2018
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The world of computing and technology in general faces a new problem this year 2018, as we all know silicon is the cornerstone on which all electronics as we know it is based, this makes the demand very high and cannot be covered.
Silicon begins to be scarce, more problems
Malcolm Penn of Future Horizons reports that raw material manufacturers are not in the business of increasing their production capacity, although demand has not stopped growing in recent years. This is as always due to the law of supply and demand, when there is a demand greater than supply, prices go up so manufacturers make more money, that simple and fast.
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The 200 mm silicon wafers are the most used today and their availability is going to be limited this year 2018, all current electronics depend on this precious resource so its scarcity will cause the prices of all PC components, and many other products, increase this year 2018 and during the next ones.
It must be remembered that other factors are added to this, such as the low availability of NAND and RAM memory chips and the shortage of graphics cards due to the popularity of cryptocurrency mining, factors that already make mounting a PC right now be much more expensive than a year and a half or two years ago.
Silicon wafers will rise in price by 20% this year 2018
The GlobalWafers president informed shareholders that the company will increase the prices of silicon wafers by 20 percent.
Silicon wafers to be in short supply until 2025 due to huge demand
Silicon wafers will be scarce until 2025 due to the great demand that exists in the Internet of Things and autonomous cars.
Silicon wafers will go up in price and with it the chips will be more expensive
The price of silicon wafers will continue to rise until at least 2020, making the technology increasingly expensive.
