The global deficit of microchips can disrupt plans for the digitalization of the Russian public sector. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to manufacturers of microelectronics.
They predict that the shortage of chip will affect, for example, on the delivery time of servers. Their in the framework of digital transformation is already beginning to purchase the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In total, “Iron” departments until 2023 plans to spend 29 billion rubles. However, according to forecasts, the failures with the supply of components will last at least until 2022.
“Plans for the digitalization of government agencies, which is simply impossible to provide without semiconductors, will have to be postponed,” Andrei Evdokimov said. It is noted that the shortage of chips is a global problem, it affects, for example, the markets of smartphones, household appliances, video cards, as well as the automotive industry.
Electronics and cars will inevitably grow in price for another two years. With this statement, the head of the International Business Machines Machines (IBM) company, Jim Whitehurst, was previously performed.
Inflation warms the lack of semiconductor chips, which provoked a great demand for electronics into a pandemic, and it is still preserved due to the extension of the locked in some countries.