Demand for chips rises e Qualcomm fails to satisfy all requests as the die-off of microprocessors is felt. The chip shortage started within the automotive sector and for rather obvious reasons it has expanded to the closest sector to us, the phone sector. The largest companies like Samsung are having a hard time precisely because the aforementioned US giant is unable to meet the requests. There is a new report of Reuters (via Android Police) which claims that smartphones of medium and medium-low range they will be the most affected.
"Soon we will be able to wait longer and pay more for smartphones with Qualcomm Snapdragon chips", in particular the medium and low range
What is the cause, in part, of this crisis? "All the fault of HuaweiSomeone would say. In fact it is a bit like that. The telephone giant following the ban imposed by the former Trump administration has seen the business dropping dramatically. Conversely, this means fewer purchases on your part of processors. This clearly translated into a greater interest of competitors inbuy from Qualcomm, since a considerable hole has been created. However, the US giant struggled to meet this higher-than-expected demand, in part due to the lack of some subcomponents used in its chips.
Several anonymous whistleblowers told Reuters that the Chip shortage is mainly affecting mid-range and lower-middle-range devices, but did not spare a particular SoC, the latest Snapdragon 888. It is thought that previously the American company did not stock up on this chipset. However, a Qualcomm spokesperson said the forecasts for this quarter are optimistic: sales will be positive.
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Last month, Lu Weibing, vice president of Xiaomi, complained about the chip situation. "It's not a shortage, it's an extreme shortage," he wrote on Weibo. The other side of the coin though, which complicates matters, is this: the chip shortage has developed one increasing demand and this, by the law of the market, has led to an increase in prices. For example a chip built by STMicroelectronics it used to cost $ 2 and now it's $ 14.
Simon Wan, co-founder of the Chinese robot vacuum cleaner brand Roborock, stated that i Chip suppliers are demanding larger deposits on chip orders. In essence, companies are paying more just to secure inventory. He himself said: "Everyone orders like crazy, when in reality they can't even use all the chips ordered."
