Factors like current market conditions, rising equipment costs, a lack of skilled workers, geopolitical tensions, and the slow rollout of government grants are causing delays in the construction of many planned fabs. Across the industry, stakeholders are grappling...
While experts anticipate a normalization of the chip supply chain by the middle of this year, a new normal is emerging — one characterized by episodes of limited supply of some node sizes. After several years of shortages, driven in large part by the rapid growth of...
Semiconductor packaging shortages have brought the race to develop packaging technologies to the forefront of global semiconductor supply chain challenges. Resolving chip shortages means addressing many complex factors. This includes an often-overlooked step in...
You can buffer against destabilizing global politics with three strategies to develop insight and build agility into your long-term shortage planning. You’ve likely spent 2020, and now also 2021, exploring ways to strengthen your supply chain and perhaps even pivoting...
New technologies are disruptive in many ways. We anticipate new tech shortage impacts will create continued competition with other industry sectors for the supply of key technology components. The world has largely moved on from the immediate shortage impacts of the...