Dateline: February 16 2027

Remember the global shortage of silicon chips six years ago, and how that threatened to derail a resurgent economy? The Covid-19 pandemic was receding, and pent-up demand came rolling in. But supply chain disruptions and pandemic restrictions meant that there just weren’t enough chips to go around...

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