Intel in talks to make chips for automakers in 6-9 months
In a report by Reuters, Intel’s CEO said on Monday that the company is in talks to start making chips for automakers, to offset the shortage, which has slowed down the automotive industry considerably.
Chief Executive Officer, Pat Gelsinger, said that Intel is talking to companies that design ... Read more
Apple device production is slowing down due to chip shortage
Apple is experiencing delays in the production of some MacBook and iPad models because of the chip shortage affecting the world. The report comes from Nikkei Asia and cites multiple sources. Recent reports say that Apple is planning to introduce new additions to the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air line... Read more
Router supplies take up to 60 weeks due to chip shortages
Waiting times on orders for new routers are going off the rails. Current shortages in chip production are holding up deliveries of the devices. Especially for internet providers this can become a huge problem.
The order times have risen to as much as 60 weeks, sources tell Bloomberg. Due to the... Read more
‘Chip shortages will also hit DRAM supply’
This year, a major shortage of DRAM memory is expected. Sanjay Mehrotra, the CEO of Micron, expects this shortage to worsen over the course of the year. Problems such as natural disasters and political unrest will only make the chip shortages worse.
This is what the leader of the memory chip man... Read more
Smartphones hit by chip shortage, Qualcomm can’t meet demand
Chip developer Qualcomm is finding it increasingly difficult to meet the demand for its smartphone chips. With this, the prevailing chip shortages have claimed a new victim.
Suppliers of Samsung tell Reuters that the smartphone manufacturer is struggling with a shortage of processors from Qualco... Read more
State governors urge Biden to address global chip shortage
A bipartisan group of eight governors from US auto-making states urged President Joe Biden to do more to press semiconductor firms to work on the global automotive chip shortage, which has led to declining vehicle production numbers.
On Friday, the governors of Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, S... Read more
Car companies and chip industry at odds over chip shortages
Several car manufacturers have had to slow down or even stop production altogether because they cannot get enough chips. Meanwhile, the car industry and the chip industry are blaming each other.
In a market analysis, Reuters describes how the production lines of car manufacturers and chip manufa... Read more
ASML: increased chip demand will not stop
Ron Kool, executive vice president at ASML, doesn't expect the increased demand for fast chips to shrink back to pre-Covid levels. Both the computer and automotive industries are currently facing tightness due to tremendously high demand.
"I think all over the place…the demand to our customers... Read more
Biden looking at solutions for chip shortages
The Biden administration is looking at ways to solve the increasingly severe shortage of semiconductors. The US government is looking at both short-term and long-term solutions.
In the short term, the focus is on bottlenecks in the chip supply chain, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki told Bloom... Read more