Industry News
04.20.2021
New Blockchain, Chia, Increases Global Demand for Server Components
Demand for SSD, HDD, GPU and CPU components is increasing as the market responds to new blockchain cryptocurrency Chia.
Industry News
03.22.2021
Fire at Renesas Plant Affects Supply of Automotive Chips, MOSFETs and More
A fire is the second disaster to disrupt production at the Renesas Naka factory in Japan in 2021, affecting supply of automotive and nonautomotive chips
Industry News
03.19.2021
Embedded Multimedia Card Supply Tightens with NAND Flash Market
For SSDs and eMMCs in particular, NAND Flash is affecting pricing and supply. eMMC products under 32GB feature 2D NAND or 64L 3D NAND prices are increasing
Industry News
03.2.2021
US Government to Assess Supply Chain Weaknesses
US President Biden signed an executive order aimed to assess the country’s supply chain weaknesses to avoid shortages from PPE to semiconductors.
Industry News
02.19.2021
Texas Power Shortages Disrupt Fabs in Austin Area
The commodity chip supply chain suffered another major disruption after Texas reported widespread power shortages and rolling blackouts.
Industry News
02.15.2021
Renesas Factory Shutdown Creates Additional Uncertainty for Automakers
On Feb. 13, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the coast of Japan injuring 48 people in the Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. This resulted in Renesas’ Naka factory being hit with a temporary blackout.
Industry News
01.22.2021
Semiconductor Shortages Causing Automakers to Cut Production for Early 2021
Semiconductor shortages are wreaking havoc on the already stunted automotive industry, preventing its recovery.
Industry News
01.19.2021
The Surging Demand for Chips is Creating Problems Across Industries
Elsie Neoh, a commodity manager at Fusion Worldwide, reports chip customers usually place bulk orders well ahead of time, but fulfillment is taking much longer than usual.
Industry News
12.23.2020
Tech Cold War Continues Brewing as US blacklists China-based SMIC
The blacklist of China-based SMIC is poised to disrupt the semiconductor industry, affecting the global ecosystem of foundries.
Industry News
11.13.2020
Fire at AKM Plant Disrupts Semiconductor Industry
A fire broke out at the Asahi Kasei semiconductor plant in Japan in Oct. 2020. AKM is one of the largest manufacturers of large-scale integrated circuits.