Chips Shortage Akin to Traffic Jam's ‘Ripple Effect’: IDC
Global semiconductor revenue grew 10.8% last year to $464 billion, and is expected to rise 12.5% in 2021 to $522 billion, despite shortages, reported IDC Thursday. “Supply constraints will continue through 2021,” said IDC, echoing virtually all top chipmakers (see…
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2104230002). “While shortages initially occurred in automotive semiconductors, the impact is being felt across the board in semiconductors manufactured at older technology nodes.” IDC compared this with the “ripple effect” of a traffic jam. “A disruption on the semiconductor supply chain operating close to capacity will impact across the supply chain,” and industry “will continue to struggle to rebalance across different industry segments,” it said.