Earlier this month, Gartner analysts said they expect the worldwide semiconductor shortage to last until the second quarter of 2022 . Add to this rollout of the 5G smartphone and the trade sanctions the U.S. placed on China before the pandemic, said Gaurav Gupta, a vice president analyst at Gartner.

Forrester said it expects the chip shortage to continue through 2022 and into 2023. Supply will grow “from older chip fabs and foundries running processes far from the cutting edge and on comparatively small silicon wafers,” wrote the IEEE.