<div dir="ltr">Combination of COVID generating wild unpredicted swings in demand, COVID-related disruptions to the supply chain, multiple fires as some key facilities, and environmental conditions (drought) in asia impacting processes with huge water requirements. It's pretty much a single manufacturing ecosystem with finite resources - so shifting those resources to address shortages in the highest impact/profit areas takes resources away from more marginal streams. from what i've heard, expect this to get worse, and last at least a year</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 10:35 PM Neil Harper via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 6/1/21 6:45 PM, Mike Bryant wrote:<br>
> Double is good ! STM32 MCUs are at ten times the price six months ago.<br>
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jeez.. does anyone have any explanation for what is happening with parts<br>
right now? I thought the shortage was confined to automotive companies<br>
that under-estimated their microcontroller orders under the assumption<br>
sales would slow during covid.<br>
<br>
how is this related to some of us hobbyists scrambling for our favourite<br>
opamps? Is this toilet paper circa 2020 again?<br>
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--<br>
/// Neil Harper<br>
/// Every Wave is New Until it Breaks<br>
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