Semiconductor shortage reaches a new and unwelcome landmark

It can now take more than 20 weeks (20.2, be exact) for an OEM such as NVIDIA or AMD, to get their equipment, once you have been ordered – the longest stretch since the recordings started.

The news was broken for the first time on Bloomberg, which cited a report from the Susquehana Financial Group, a company that follows semiconductor shortages, which added that it takes more time (26.5 weeks) for Microcontrollers and logical fleas.

This basically means that the shortage of chips increases and if something does not change, the prices of various processors and GPU can go even higher in the future, especially with the holiday season approaching quickly.

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According to Tom’s Hardware, one of the things that can move the needle in the right direction is large customers (such as Apple, AMD or NVIDIA), by ordering new lots as soon as possible, which maintains production.

As with almost anything these days, the shortage can be blamed on the pandemic of Covid-19. When it strikes first, and everyone started saving money in fears of a prolonged Lock-Commune, OEMs narrowed their orders, hoping that sales are plunging.

Recovery next year

However, the exact contrary happened, because people locked up inside their home during the pandemic turned to their electronic entertainment, shopping and work devices – with many forced to refresh their technical stack.

As a result, a global technology shortage occurred, which analysts expect to finish next year, or the following year.

Tom’s hardware also claims that the automotive market has taken the greatest success of the long-term impact of the shortage, mainly because these chips are built on ancient processes that are not produced a lot. Office chips, on the other hand, are produced on peak nodes, which means it is easier to expect the segment to recover more quickly.