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Geopolitical Friction Exposes Vulnerability of Future Microprocessor Inventories

Learn how the microchip shortage may have implications to the fleet industry with the growing China-Taiwan conflict in this State of the Fleet Industry video.

Les Smart
Les SmartPresident, Smart Fleet Management LLC
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August 9, 2022

The 107th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers insights into the state of the fleet market.


🎙Today's topics include:

  • The fact that more than half of the global production of microprocessor chips are concentrated in two countries — Taiwan and South Korea —which is a growing concern because people fear that a future China-Taiwan conflict could lead to a catastrophic worldwide semiconductor shortage. 

  • A U.S. Army War College paper recommends a “scorched earth” strategy that calls for the U.S and Taiwan to threaten to destroy the facilities of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. if China threatens to invade Taiwan. 

  • For the first half of calendar-year 2022, the microchip shortage did improve but it didn’t improve as much as the auto industry expected. 

  • Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of Intel, expects the shortage of semiconductors to continue until calendar-year 2024, which puts us into the 2025 model-year.


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