“After waiting about 28 weeks, on August 12th, we got an email from our distributor informing us that they had to cancel our entire order for SiT8021s.”
A tiny MEMS oscillator uses 100 times less power than quartz and costs less. It was also impossible to get. The distributor cancelled after 28 weeks because the one machine that programs the chips was broken. Small hardware makers queue behind Apple and Samsung for every part. Swapping it meant re-certifying the device for thousands of dollars.