Many car companies have stopped car production putting thousands of workers in standby because of a chip that is out of stock.

Added to that, a factory of Renesas destroyed because of a fire.

At the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis some said that production of chips etc was turned to covid related products, like IR thermometers and ventilators. OK, I can agree in a degree but since all these do require MCU's I cannot understand why MCU's are not more in stock then...

I do understand that transportation has major problem now and prices of a container has been skyrocketed but also this cannot explain why MCU's are not in stock.

All the above could simply increase the cost of the product, not vanish them...

Am I the only one that suspects there are games played behind the scenes?

Ioannis