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		yetihehe on May 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The global chip shortage is starting to have conse... Beause you have only several types of fuel, but you have many thousands types of chips and electronic elements and market for each single element type is not that high. Plus if you store a chip too long, it's no longer useful for automated assembly.

f00zz on May 9, 2021 [–]

I think there were DRAM futures contracts at some point, but looks like the idea never panned out (probably for the reasons you mentioned)

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