Puna: Salon
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Kauka Thomas Goldsby, he polopeka o ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaulahao lako ma ke Kulanui o Tennessee — Knoxville's Haslam College of Business, i kāna haumāna haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa he "hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau" e hōʻike pinepine ana i ka hōʻike. ʻO kāna kumu e hōʻike i ka paʻakikī o nā ala kālepa like ʻole e lawe mai i nā huahana mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua i nā mea kūʻai. ʻO ka haʻawina e noʻonoʻo i ka mamao e hiki ai i nā haumāna ke ʻimi i ke kaulahao lako - inā hiki ke hoʻi i kahi kikoʻī i ka wā i lawe ʻia ai nā mea maka.
"I ka loaʻa ʻana o kaʻu mau haumāna i ka manawa e hōʻike i kā lākou hopena i nā hui a me nā huahana a lākou e hana ai, aʻo nā luna ʻoihana i kekahi mea i kēlā me kēia manawa," wahi a Goldsby iā Salon. "Manaʻo wau he mea kupanaha ka hiki i kaʻu mau haumāna haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ke hōʻike i nā nūhou e pili ana i ka ʻoihana a i ʻole nā huahana a me nā luna kiʻekiʻe e like me, 'Auwe, ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo e noʻonoʻo nei kahi mea hana kolepa no ke aha lākou e paʻakikī ai i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka titanium.' No ka mea, ʻaʻohe nui o ka titanium i komo i loko o kahi hui kolepa, akā aia ka nui o ia mea e komo i loko o kahi mokulele e hana i ka fuselage.
Hoʻohana ʻo Goldsby i kēia hoʻomaʻamaʻa e wehewehe i ka paʻakikī o nā kaulahao lako a me nā hiccups i manaʻo ʻole ʻia - e like me kahi ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e makemake ana i kahi kumuwaiwai āu e pono ai, a ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike iā ia - hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ke ʻano internecine o ke kaulahao hāʻawi ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i nā mea pili ʻole i hiki ke hopena i kekahi i kekahi - e ʻōlelo, he maʻi maʻi honua a me kahi hapa microchip. ʻO nā microchips, nā pūʻulu o nā kaapuni i hoʻokipa ʻia ma nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o ke silikoni, he mea nui ia i ka nui o ka moʻomeheu ʻoihana: hoʻohana ʻia lākou i nā kamepiula, nā kaʻa, nā kelepona paʻa, nā mea pono home a me nā mea uila ʻē aʻe. Ua nele mākou i nā microchips ma muli o COVID-19. Eia naʻe, e piʻi aʻe ana ka ʻino ma muli o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke aniau.
Me he mea lā ʻaʻole pili nui ka maʻi maʻi me ka hana ʻana i nā microchips; ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi. Eia nō naʻe ke kaulahao lako no nā microchips ʻōniu: ma ka mōʻaukala, hiki i nā mea hana chip ke hoʻomau i ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi no nā chips i nā huahana e like me nā kaʻa a me nā mea uila home. Akā ua hoʻopau ka maʻi maʻi i kēlā mele ma ka hana ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ala ʻike ʻole, me nā mea hana e hakakā nei e ʻike pololei i ka nui o nā chips e pono ai lākou no nā mea āpau mai Volkswagens a Playstations. No ka mea paʻakikī loa nā kaulahao hoʻolako, ua maʻalahi kēia i nā pilikia e kū mai i ka lohi ʻana i ka hana a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻoihana he nui nā bottlenecks. He liʻiliʻi wale nō o nā foundries e hōʻike ana i ka hapa nui o ka hana ʻana i ka chip honua, ka hopena ma kahi o 91% o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana chipmaking aia ma Asia. Hoʻopilikia kēia i nā ʻāina e like me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana ʻana ma kēlā mau ʻāina mamao a i ʻole ma kekahi ala ma ke ala. Pēlā nō, aia nā hui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Iapana, Netherlands a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i loaʻa i nā ala e hoʻolilo iā lākou iho i mea nui i ka hana honua o nā microchips. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi o nā mea hana e pilikia loa i nā hemahema ke loaʻa nā loli i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i ka noi o nā mea kūʻai aku, kahi mea i ʻike ʻia ka hopena bullwhip.
ʻAʻole manaʻo ka poʻe loea e hoʻopau koke ka pōkole chip, akā ʻo ka hoʻomaka wale nō ia o ka pilikia. Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua pilikia ʻo COVID-19 i nā kaulahao lako, e noʻonoʻo pehea e puhi ʻia ai lākou i ka wā ka loli ke kumu o nā hanana ʻino loa, ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai a me ka piʻi nui o ka mahana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. E piʻi pinepine a nui nā ahi ahi ma ka Pākīpika, e kahe ana i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale hikina a me nā miliona o ka poʻe mahuka. ʻAʻole hiki ke manaʻo i ka nui o nā ʻano hou e hoʻolei ʻia i ka hoʻokele hoʻokele waiwai - ʻokoʻa ka ʻae ʻana i nā kaulahao paʻakikī paʻakikī e hoʻomaka e wehe.
"Ke hilinaʻi nui nei ka ʻoihana i nā kaulahao hoʻolako pili honua a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻolaha," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Kauka Michael E. Mann, he loea kaulana o ka ʻepekema lewa ma Penn State University, i haʻi aku iā Salon ma ka leka uila. "ʻO nā mea āpau, e like me COVID-19, e hoʻopau i ka halihali e hoʻopau i kēia mau kaulahao lako a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoili a alakaʻi i nā bottlenecks a me nā backlogs."
Ua haʻi ʻo Mann i kahi hōʻike hou e ka United Nations 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, me ka wehewehe ʻana "e alakaʻi maopopo ana kēia i ka lohi i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā microchips a he hopena maikaʻi ʻole ia i ka semiconductor a me nā ʻoihana kamepiula."
ʻO ka hopena maopopo loa i kēia pilikia, ma ke ʻano maoli, no nā alakaʻi o ka honua e mālama pono i ka hoʻomehana honua a e hana i nā mea a pau e hōʻemi ai i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hoʻoponopono i nā pōʻino i hana ʻia i ko kākou honua. ʻOiai he mea hoʻonāukiuki paha, aia kekahi mau ʻike geopolitical pono e hōʻike ikaika nei ʻaʻole hiki ke hana. ʻO ia ka mea e kū nei mākou i kahi pōkole chip i ka wā e hiki mai ana - ma waena o nā hemahema ʻē aʻe.
"Ke manaʻo nei au he pono mākou e hoʻomaopopo he mau pilina ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻomaopopo piha a mahalo ʻia," wahi a Goldsby iā Salon. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ma hope, "Pono mākou e hoʻi i ka ʻohi ʻana i nā mea maka a pono mākou e hoʻāʻo e palapala i waho a hoʻomaopopo i kahi e hele mai ai kēlā mau mea maka."
ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o kēia ma mua o ka mea i ʻike ʻia, no ka mea, ʻoiai ko lākou liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, paʻakikī loa nā microchips.
"Ua like ia me ka hana ʻana i kahi keke," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Kauka Ron Olson, Luna Hoʻokele o nā Hana ma Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, i ka Salon. "Hoʻomaka ʻoe me kēia papa kumu, a laila hoʻohui ʻoe a unuhi i nā metala a me nā oxides i nā ʻāpana like ʻole, e like me ka hahai ʻana i kahi meaʻai ma ka keke a i ʻole ka palaoa a i ʻole. A laila hoʻopau ʻoe i kāu huahana hope. "
Ua wehewehe ʻo Kauka Christopher K. Ober, he polopeka o ka ʻenekinia waiwai ma ke Kulanui ʻo Cornell, ʻo kahi ala e pale aku ai i nā hemahema hiki ke hahai i ka laʻana o ka mea hana kaʻa ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā pilikia kaulahao ma mua o nā hui ʻē aʻe.
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