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Volkswagen To Develop New Semiconductor With STMicro Amid Chip Crunch
It is Volkswagen's first direct relationship with second and third-rank semiconductor suppliers, a move executives have hinted at since the chip shortage hit the auto industry in late 2019.
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Volkswagen To Develop New Semiconductor With STMicro Amid Chip Crunch
Volkswagen and Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics will co-develop a new semiconductor amid a global microchip crunch that has strained the car industry's supply chain.
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How China Became Ground Zero For The Auto Chip Shortage Crunch
Globally, new orders are backed up by an average of about a year, according to a Reuters survey of 100 automotive chips produced by the five leading manufacturers.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Presses Lawmakers To Greenlight $52 Billion For Chipmaking
Both houses of Congress have passed legislations to make the US more competitive with China that includes the chip funding though lawmakers have so far failed to reach consensus on a final version of the package.
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Russia Limits Exports Of Noble Gases, A Key Ingredient For Making Chips
Russia's export curbs could worsen the supply crunch in the global chips market. Ukraine was one of the world's largest suppliers of noble gases until it suspended production at its plants in the cities of Mariupol and Odesa in March.
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How A Cheap Component Could Help Kill Off Combustion Cars
The supply crunch could accelerate the plans of some legacy auto firms to switch to a new generation of lighter, machine-made harnesses designed for electric vehicles, according to interviews with more than a dozen industry players and experts.
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Toyota Warns Profit To Skid 20% As Raw Materials Costs Pile Up
Toyota Motor warned "unprecedented" hikes in raw material costs could slice a fifth off full-year profit, a clear sign the world's top automaker by sales can no longer shrug off the supply-chain crunch that has roiled the global industry.
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Apple Posts Record Earnings with $97 Billion Revenue, Expects Slowdown in Next Quarter
Apple reported strong quarterly results despite supply shortages, but warned that its growth slowdown is likely to deepen. The company said it's still struggling to get enough chips to meet demand and contending with COVID-related shutdowns at factories in China that make iPhones and other products.
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Graphic Chip Price Drop Raises Questions on Whether End of Shortage Is in Sight
A sharp drop in graphic chip prices could presage an unexpectedly quick ending to a global chip crunch that has crippled manufacturing from smartphones to cars, and the issue will be a central one for companies reporting results this week.
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GM Aims To Tackle Chip Shortage With New Designs Made In North America
GM is working with seven chip suppliers on three new families of microcontrollers that will reduce the number of unique chips by 95% on future vehicles, said North America, President Mark Reuss.
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Taiwan Looking At Chip Cooperation With Eastern European Nations
Taiwan, home to companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), has become front and centre of efforts to resolve a shortage of chips that has shut some auto production lines around the world and whose impact is now being felt in consumer electronics too.
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Infineon CEO Says Chip Supply To Remain Tight In 2022
Speaking at the Handelsblatt Automotive Summit, Chief Executive Reinhard Ploss said that vehicle production and chip supply could be balanced by the third quarter.
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Malaysia's Help Needed To Ease Global Chip Shortage, Taiwan Says
Malaysia is home to suppliers and factories serving semiconductor makers such as Europe's STMicroelectronics and Infineon, as well as major carmakers including Toyota Motor Corp and Ford Motor Co.
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Micron Considering New U.S. Memory Chip Factory As It Gears Up Spending
Micron has pilot manufacturing lines for developing new technologies at its Idaho headquarters and a factory in Virginia that turns out special high-reliability chips for automobiles.
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Nissan Expects Chip, Parts Crunch To Extend Until At Least Mid-2022
Nissan expects global supply chain constraints and the sector-wide semiconductor shortage to continue until at least the middle of 2022.
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Volkswagen To Develop New Semiconductor With STMicro Amid Chip Crunch
It is Volkswagen's first direct relationship with second and third-rank semiconductor suppliers, a move executives have hinted at since the chip shortage hit the auto industry in late 2019.
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Volkswagen To Develop New Semiconductor With STMicro Amid Chip Crunch
Volkswagen and Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics will co-develop a new semiconductor amid a global microchip crunch that has strained the car industry's supply chain.
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How China Became Ground Zero For The Auto Chip Shortage Crunch
Globally, new orders are backed up by an average of about a year, according to a Reuters survey of 100 automotive chips produced by the five leading manufacturers.
-
U.S. Commerce Secretary Presses Lawmakers To Greenlight $52 Billion For Chipmaking
Both houses of Congress have passed legislations to make the US more competitive with China that includes the chip funding though lawmakers have so far failed to reach consensus on a final version of the package.
-
Russia Limits Exports Of Noble Gases, A Key Ingredient For Making Chips
Russia's export curbs could worsen the supply crunch in the global chips market. Ukraine was one of the world's largest suppliers of noble gases until it suspended production at its plants in the cities of Mariupol and Odesa in March.
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How A Cheap Component Could Help Kill Off Combustion Cars
The supply crunch could accelerate the plans of some legacy auto firms to switch to a new generation of lighter, machine-made harnesses designed for electric vehicles, according to interviews with more than a dozen industry players and experts.
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Toyota Warns Profit To Skid 20% As Raw Materials Costs Pile Up
Toyota Motor warned "unprecedented" hikes in raw material costs could slice a fifth off full-year profit, a clear sign the world's top automaker by sales can no longer shrug off the supply-chain crunch that has roiled the global industry.
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Apple Posts Record Earnings with $97 Billion Revenue, Expects Slowdown in Next Quarter
Apple reported strong quarterly results despite supply shortages, but warned that its growth slowdown is likely to deepen. The company said it's still struggling to get enough chips to meet demand and contending with COVID-related shutdowns at factories in China that make iPhones and other products.
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Graphic Chip Price Drop Raises Questions on Whether End of Shortage Is in Sight
A sharp drop in graphic chip prices could presage an unexpectedly quick ending to a global chip crunch that has crippled manufacturing from smartphones to cars, and the issue will be a central one for companies reporting results this week.
-
GM Aims To Tackle Chip Shortage With New Designs Made In North America
GM is working with seven chip suppliers on three new families of microcontrollers that will reduce the number of unique chips by 95% on future vehicles, said North America, President Mark Reuss.
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Taiwan Looking At Chip Cooperation With Eastern European Nations
Taiwan, home to companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), has become front and centre of efforts to resolve a shortage of chips that has shut some auto production lines around the world and whose impact is now being felt in consumer electronics too.
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Infineon CEO Says Chip Supply To Remain Tight In 2022
Speaking at the Handelsblatt Automotive Summit, Chief Executive Reinhard Ploss said that vehicle production and chip supply could be balanced by the third quarter.
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Malaysia's Help Needed To Ease Global Chip Shortage, Taiwan Says
Malaysia is home to suppliers and factories serving semiconductor makers such as Europe's STMicroelectronics and Infineon, as well as major carmakers including Toyota Motor Corp and Ford Motor Co.
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Micron Considering New U.S. Memory Chip Factory As It Gears Up Spending
Micron has pilot manufacturing lines for developing new technologies at its Idaho headquarters and a factory in Virginia that turns out special high-reliability chips for automobiles.
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Nissan Expects Chip, Parts Crunch To Extend Until At Least Mid-2022
Nissan expects global supply chain constraints and the sector-wide semiconductor shortage to continue until at least the middle of 2022.
