Get ready, the shortage of video cards will last at least another year – analysts

Analysts predict that problems with the supply of gaming hardware will continue for at least another year, if not more, although initially AMD indicated that they will be resolved by July.

According to experts MarketWatch, foundries can take up to a year to meet demand for components that exceeds supply. After that, it may take another three to six months to replenish distribution channels and deliver the necessary elements into the hands of chip manufacturers such as Intel, AMD and NVIDIA

To give you an understanding of the magnitude of the deficit problem at present, for example, the South Asia region (including India, Bangladesh and Pakistan) received on average less than 20 graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 to the country with a small additional delivery at the end of February, about which reported edition Hardware Times… In our country, there is also a shortage of computer hardware.

TSMC is trying to solve this problem with a huge investment of $ 28 billion to expand production capacity within a year, but it will take months to build and install the equipment needed to do so, let alone get the conveyor belt up and running again.

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