FAST TRACKING A NEW PRINT CONTROLLER CARD

Starting in 2020, several shocks to silicon chip manufacturing, including facility fires, geopolitical conflict, severe weather and Covid related shutdowns resulted in a dramatic reduction in capacity. This capacity reduction, coupled with increased demand due to a post- Covid economic bounce, culminated in an acute, worldwide shortage of computer chips which continues to this day. For Meteor Inkjet, a producer of electronics and  software used in industrial inkjet systems, a lack of chips means a lack of shippable product. Anticipating that supply issues would continue for some time, Meteor embarked upon an ambitious, fast-track project to  fundamentally re-architect a platform central to the company’s products. Engineers aptly named the project ‘Phoenix’ after the mythical creature who rose from the ashes stronger than before.