Microprocessors shortage: many affected manufacturers
The shortage of microprocessors worsens and now affects very many manufacturers, forced to temporarily stop certain production lines during the month of January. The rebound of ...
31/01/2023
The shortage of microprocessors worsens and now affects very many manufacturers, forced to temporarily stop certain production lines during the month of January.
The rebound in the crisis and the return of demand for semiconductors has unexpected consequences in the automotive sector.Industrialists specializing in the chip, such as NXP or NVIDIA, explained that they did not expect such an important return of orders from manufacturers, and the result is a shortage for many of them.
The very high demand for televisions, game consoles or laptop computers in 2020 did not help manufacturers, who can no longer follow the pace.The time is therefore to prioritize customers and products.
For manufacturers, it is therefore a question of focusing on vehicles with high profitability: SUV, high -end models.The others will see their production are slowed down, even stopped for certain brands.
Several factories in Canada, Mexico but also in the United States will be stopped until the end of the month.Last month, already, the Volkswagen group had announced important problems of supplying these chips, essential in cars where artificial intelligence, driving aids, lighting or even engulfing connectivitycalculation data.