# How the Chip Shortage is Affecting the IoT Industry | MistyWest's Taylor Cooper

- Show: [IoT For All Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast)
- Published: 2022-05-03
- Length: 23m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-05-03-how-the-chip-shortage-is-affecting-the-iot-industry-mistywests-taylor-cooper
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iot-for-all/episodes/How-the-Chip-Shortage-is-Affecting-the-IoT-Industry--MistyWests-Taylor-Cooper-e28bmp5

## Summary

Taylor Cooper, CEO of MistyWest, discusses how the global chip shortage is impacting IoT product development, advising clients to prioritize strategic sourcing and risk-buying critical components early in the design phase. He highlights MistyWest's work on a cosmic ray-based earth tomography system and their development of a pin-compatible SoC using Renesas components to replace unavailable Raspberry Pi Compute Modules. Cooper also addresses industry challenges, including the difficulty of finding IoT-experienced software developers and the need for lean hardware validation methods to manage stakeholder expectations.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-05-03-how-the-chip-shortage-is-affecting-the-iot-industry-mistywests-taylor-cooper#t=0) Introduction: Taylor Cooper and MistyWest
- [2:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-05-03-how-the-chip-shortage-is-affecting-the-iot-industry-mistywests-taylor-cooper#t=144) MistyWest's Engineering Services and Earth Tomography Project
- [6:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-05-03-how-the-chip-shortage-is-affecting-the-iot-industry-mistywests-taylor-cooper#t=391) Engineering Firm Models vs. In-House and ODMs
- [12:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-05-03-how-the-chip-shortage-is-affecting-the-iot-industry-mistywests-taylor-cooper#t=738) Navigating the Chip Shortage and Strategic Sourcing
- [15:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-05-03-how-the-chip-shortage-is-affecting-the-iot-industry-mistywests-taylor-cooper#t=927) IoT Market Trends and Specialized Edge AI
- [18:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-05-03-how-the-chip-shortage-is-affecting-the-iot-industry-mistywests-taylor-cooper#t=1085) Labor Market Challenges and Lean Hardware Validation

## Topics

- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- MistyWest (company)
- Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (product)
- Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 (product)
- NXP (company)
- Renesas (company)
- STMicroelectronics (company)
- Cisco (company)

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