AI boom, West Asia crisis trigger printed circuit board shortage, price rise in electronics industry

This crunch in printed circuit boards (PCB) -- a hardware platform on which components are fixed in electronic products -- stems from rising material costs, supply chain disruptions in key shipping routes, and component diversion toward high-end artificial intelligence hardware.

Source: The Economic Times2 August 2026 at 7:01 pm ISTrss

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