Cars & Microchip Shortages, Part 2.

3,000 chips! That’s either a big evening meal, or tech at its best? The real question is, just what do all these chips really do for cars?

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‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’

Arthur C. Clarke

I hope that my first two of these articles (below) provided an exercise for your mind, but here, I would like to elaborate on just what those 3,000 chips really are getting up to in your cars today.

Cars & Microchip Shortages.

Chip Crisis.

Essentially, cars are increasingly becoming computers on wheels. They now include such elements as heads-up displays, autonomous driving aids, sensors, cell phone and communication integration, and high-performance elements in their engines. This is possible thanks to…