According to Defense News, L3Harris Technologies says it bought back and cannibalised its own radios to meet customer demands amid shortages of electronic components.
While shipping costs are showing an improvement, logistics are still grappling with challenges posed by growing wait times for ships arriving at the Gulf and East Coast ports, according to the Descartes Datamyne trade, import and export databases.
Toyota says it will scale back production by 100,000 vehicles during October due to semiconductor shortages, reports CBT News.
According to EE Times, there are several trends to improve supply networks. Several of them directly impact engineers — and all are worth watching in 2022.
DRAM prices in the fourth quarter are expected to drop by 13% to 18% due to a weakening of demand for consumer products and further pressure on inventory, reports TrendForce.
Semiconductor Intelligence President, Bill Jewell, believes that it will take time to alleviate the shortage of automotive semiconductors, and the supply chain tension will continue until 2023.
Goldman Sachs has weighed in on President Biden's CHIPS Act, saying the deal isn't that big a deal - not unless there's a huge international conflict between chip-making countries.
Global sales of CMOS image sensors are expected to decline for the first time in 13 years due to declining smartphone sales, slow growth in mobile phone cameras and a weakening global economy, reports IC Insights.
It could take years for the semiconductor market to fully rebalance, and it's hard to say when the situation will improve for buyers. That's the view from Financial Management magazine during an interview with Indian procurement and supply-chain expert, Mohit Sharma, who advises Fortune 500 companies.
According to Air Force Times, counterfeit components may have been found in the ejection seat of a pilot who died in a fatal 2020 jet crash. To avoid electronics supply-chain disruptions, you may also wish to consult an expert in electronics component supply. With...