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The semiconductor market entering Q2 2026 is not behaving like a market in recovery. It is behaving like a market that is selectively repricing risk.
Capacity is shifting toward the sectors willing to pay the most for it, and procurement teams outside those priority sectors are starting to feel the impact in ways that will only intensify through the second half of the year.
What makes this cycle different from the broad-based shortages of 2021 and 2022 is its unevenness. There is no single bottleneck. Instead, pressure is concentrating around specific manufacturers, product families, and node sizes, while other parts of the market remain relatively accessible. That selective tightening creates a false sense of stability for teams that are not looking closely at their own exposure.
Where the Pressure Is Showing Up
Texas Instruments is experiencing broad upward pricing pressure across industrial and automotive product families. This is not a spot market fluctuation. Pricing increases are already in motion across multiple product families, and procurement teams should expect further movement ahead of the July 1 price adjustment. Teams with uncovered TI demand heading into Q3 are running out of runway to lock in current pricing.
Analog Devices remains one of the most constrained suppliers in the market, particularly in RF and microwave. Lead times are extended, visibility is limited, and capacity allocation continues to favor strategic end markets such as AI, automotive, and defense and aerospace programs. Commercial and industrial buyers sourcing ADI in non-priority applications are competing for a diminishing share of available output, and alternate qualification should already be underway for any program with near term exposure.
Memory is moving fastest. DDR3, DDR4, NAND, eMMC, and NOR Flash are all tightening as AI infrastructure buildouts consume an outsized share of production capacity. Pricing is escalating, and buyers across multiple sectors are pulling inventory forward in anticipation of further increases. That forward buying is compressing availability for everyone else and accelerating the very tightening it is attempting to hedge against.
Select automotive categories, including STMicroelectronics, remain volatile. Long automotive qualification cycles make these components especially difficult to substitute on short notice, which amplifies the production impact of any supply disruption. Xilinx and other legacy product lines are also constrained, with distributors holding tighter inventory positions and offering less pricing flexibility.
The Legacy Node Problem Is Accelerating
Across these categories, one theme keeps surfacing: legacy node supply is structurally declining. Fabs have permanently deprioritized mature process nodes in favor of advanced geometry production, and that capacity is not coming back. For programs that depend on components built at 65nm and above, the sourcing environment is going to become progressively more difficult.
Our CEO, Frank Cavallaro, addressed this directly in a recent feature in Electronics Sourcing North America: “If your programs depend on 65nm components or above, the window to get ahead of that is now, not when the shortage hits.” He added that “the inventory correction created a false sense of normalcy. The structural challenges in legacy supply, geopolitical instability, and policy unpredictability have not resolved. They have just moved off the front page.”
Channel Behavior Is Confirming the Direction
Distribution and broker channels are reflecting the shift. Pricing support is thinning, inventory commitments are shrinking, and channel partners are becoming more selective about which customers and which volumes they are willing to support. When distributors start pulling back, it is typically a leading indicator that conditions are about to tighten further. Procurement teams that treat channel defensiveness as a signal rather than an inconvenience will be better positioned to protect their supply lines heading into the second half of the year.
Where to Focus Right Now
This is not a market that rewards patience. It is rewarding companies that are reviewing exposure early, validating alternates proactively, and building coverage on critical lines before the next wave of pricing adjustments takes effect.
Cavallaro emphasized this point in his ESNA commentary: “The opportunity is in data. Teams that invest in better market intelligence, real lead time visibility, demand forecasting, and proactive obsolescence management, will outperform. The threat is complacency.”
お問合せフォーム can help identify the highest risk lines in your bill of materials and determine where action now is most likely to protect cost, supply, and production continuity. Send us your open requirements, exposed part numbers, or gap list, and our team will provide a rapid assessment of where your exposure is greatest and what options are available.
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