Samsung chip fallout threatens smartphone and PC supplies

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A chip shortage that started with semiconductors used in automobiles is now spreading to other products, including smartphones and personal computers. © Reuters

HIDEAKI RYUGEN, KOTARO HOSOKAWA and YU NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/SEOUL/TAIPEI -- The chip shortage that had slowed automobile manufacturing has now spread to the production of smartphones and personal computers, threatening to derail a post-pandemic economic recovery.

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