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Chips: Why is there a shortage?

Chips: Why is there a shortage?

Why is the Silicon Chips Supply Chain getting disrupted? “Today, humanity fabricates 1,000 times more transistors annually than the entire world grows grains of wheat and rice combined”  Covid-19 Pandemic has affected the world in umpteen ways and the chip industry is also affected in many different ways that has led to shortages of parts for all kinds of manufacturers automotive, phone makers, washing machines, airplanes.  In today’s world it is very difficult to find a product without a microchip….

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Excerpts from History: Then and Now

Excerpts from History: Then and Now

“He diagnosed the disease as Influenza. But he has never seen Influenza like this. This was violent, rapid in its progress through the body, sometimes lethal. This Influenza killed. Soon dozens of his patients – the strongest, the healthiest, the most robust people in the county – were struck down as suddenly as if they had been shot”   “All Influenza viruses mutate constantly”   “On September 27, the day before the parade, hospitals admitted 200 people sufferings from Influenza….

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Learn from Patient 31 of South Korea: Super Spreader Covid-19

Learn from Patient 31 of South Korea: Super Spreader Covid-19

Covid-19 has been declared pandemic by WHO quite sometime back. The problem with Covid-19 is it’s easy spread from person to person transmission. The so called Patient 31 of South Korea is a most potent example of this kind transmission. The person who is said to be 60 year old without any history of travel to China got flu like symptoms and was advised for Corona virus test. She seems to have denied going to test for few days and…

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