How to Conquer the EV Charging Station Challenge
Electric vehicles or EVs have a big problem. No, it’s not the chip shortage, but that’s been a serious hindrance to EV production. It’s the charging station dilemma. Unlike traditional gasoline-fueled vehicles, electric vehicles are, as the name implies, electric! When it comes to building charging stations for EVs there are a lot more factors […]
Chip price cuts affect the industry chain: traders lament the difficulty of receiving orders
Chip price cuts are like a cold wind, and every link in the industry chain feels the cold more or less. “The cold winter is coming.” Talking about market changes, on August 25, chip trader Liu Lin (pseudonym) sighed to a reporter from Times Weekly. Liu Lin, who has experienced market prosperity, is now a […]
Why the Global Semiconductor Shortage Might Negatively Affect the 2021 Holiday Season
Editor’s Note: This post, originally published in June 2021, has been updated with more recent information. The global semiconductor shortage has significantly disrupted several industries this year, most notably the automotive field. Several top carmakers temporarily suspended production at their plants due to a lack of adequate components. The chip crisis has also expanded with time and […]
How Rising Inflation is Disrupting the Electronics Components Supply Chain
Last month, United States inflation reached its highest level in 40 years, rising by 8.6 percent year-over-year. The surge of pricing pressure has had the biggest impact on necessities, driving up the cost of food, shelter, and energy, especially gasoline, which spiked by 49 percent from 2021. Moreover, the trend extends beyond one country; the New […]
Western Digital and Kioxia NAND output curtailed by materials contamination
Western Digital Corporation and Kioxia Holdings Corporation recently found contaminated materials at two of their jointly operated Japanese NAND fabs. Western Digital stated the incident had reduced its flash components supply by a minimum of 6.5 exabytes. As of this writing, Kioxia has not commented publicly on the event. TrendForce, a market intelligence company, predicted the contamination […]
Semiconductor industry kicks off 2022 with COVID production disruptions and rising chip prices
After a year of unprecedented volatility, 2022 kicked off with some comparatively normal developments in the semiconductor industry. Samsung is reportedly considering marking up its memory and networking components in the first quarter. The conglomerate is considering making the change in response to an increasingly common issue for manufacturers; regional COVID-19-related production stoppage. The ongoing municipal […]
Qualcomm launches new gaming console processor, pursuing supplier
Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1, a next-generation portable gaming device chipset, in December. The fabless corporation partnered with hardware manufacturer Razer to introduce its product via a portable developer kit that highlights its capabilities. The chipmaker’s latest platform offers OEMs, CM’s, and EMS providers an opportunity to break into the $91 billion a year mobile gaming market. […]
BMW, Stellantis make deals with chipmakers for supply chain stability
Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1, a next-generation portable gaming device chipset, in December. The fabless corporation partnered with hardware manufacturer Razer to introduce its product via a portable developer kit that highlights its capabilities. The chipmaker’s latest platform offers OEMs, CM’s, and EMS providers an opportunity to break into the $91 billion a year mobile gaming market. […]
Samsung selects Taylor, Texas as location for $17 billion chip factory
Samsung recently revealed it chose Taylor, Texas, as the location for a $17 billion microchip manufacturing site. The South Korean conglomerate will start building the factory in the first half of 2022 and commence production in the second half of 2024. Once operational, it will fabricate cutting-edge ICs with applications in the 5G, artificial, high-performance computing, and mobile […]
Chinese semiconductor production fell in October due global chip shortage
China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the nation’s output of electronic components reached 30.1 billion units in October, down from 30.4 billion parts in September. Industry watchers attribute the dip to the impact of the global chip shortage, which has delayed shipments of semiconductor fabrication equipment. The East Asian superpower has taken steps to ensure its domestic […]
