If the manufacturers can't build components, then companies can't make computers. If you can't make computers there is nothing for the PC chip to go into. People don't seem to know how bad the damage is. If the manufacturers can't build components, then companies can't make computers. If you can't make computers there is nothing for the PC chip to go into.
Many people argue it already is commoditized.
Consumers at least are buying on price alone. Some say it is only a matter of time until corporate buyers realize that they can also buy on price, since the inexpensive Celeron is a pretty fast little chip. Computers rarely crash because of the chip They crash because of the software. The question is whether you have software that really depends on a super-fast chip. One thing that has slowed sales of the Pentium 3 is that the software needs don't demand it.