Scarcity of Computer Parts

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• KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES I’M ADDRESSING:
• Because of scarcity, people choose. All choices have an opportunity cost.

• OVERALL RESEARCH QUESTION: How do computer chip manufacturers decide how use their scarce resources to meet consumers' needs for speed & power?
• SUB QUESTIONS
• What factors do they have to balance? Speed, Power, Performance, Heat, etc.  What specific properties like the speed of the computer chips would they give up to make better parts?
• How do they increase performance while minimizing cost?
• Who makes these decisions? Computer chip manufacturers like Intel or consumer electronic manufacturers like Samsung, Apple, HTC, etc? 
• What are different trade-offs for different uses (e.g. gaming computers vs cellphones vs laptops/tablets?) 
• RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH:
• DATABASES:
• WEBSITES: Parts Scarcity Affects Makers of Computers, SCARCE RESOURCES IN COMPUTING, An end to scaling: Intel’s next-generation chips will sacrifice speed to reduce power, What affects a computers performance, Computer System Performance Analysis and Benchmarking
  
  
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