Paul Otellini announced that the semiconductor market would experience a shortage due to a significant increase in demand.

According to the CEO, 2010 should acknowledge an increase in demand for components of the order of 12% to 18%. The problem is that factories would not be ready to face such growth and we can expect that some players do not have the resources to respond to such commands. Intel seems to joining Seagate, which had talked about similar problems a month ago.