AI server boom fuels record supply crunch for the ‘rice of electronics’
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Global inventories of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) – tiny components dubbed “the rice of the electronics industry” – have dropped to a record low as the industry grapples with surging demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure. Worldwide distributor inventory volume for the compone…
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- 2026-08-26 13:30 · South China Morning Post Tech
AI server boom fuels record supply crunch for the ‘rice of electronics’
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