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Leading Seaman Electronics Technician Andrew Nortcliffe conducts maintenance on a server on board HMAS Brisbane during a Regional Presence Deployment.
Topic
Strategic Influences
Title

The global chip shortage is going from bad to worse. Here's why you should care.

Author
Hanna Zaidy
Date of article release
2021-05-07
12 min

BLUF

Microchips are a crucial part of most modern manufacturing and defence technology; the current shortage of microchips shows how dependent we are on these chips.

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Learn more about the strategic importance of microchips.

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