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Bosch revealed it would spend €400 million ($451 million) to expand its semiconductor manufacturing resources in three locations. The conglomerate is committed to producing silicon carbide (SiC) components at volume, which has big implications for the auto industry.

In October, Chinese component output dropped by several hundred million units, likely due to the impact of the global chip shortage. However, local leaders and manufacturers are working on expanding regional production capacity significantly.

Sourcengine currently lists a range of high-quality connectors made by world-class vendors such as Molex, TE Connectivity, Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., and J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd. that are available with immediate global delivery.

ABF substrate, a critical semiconductor raw material, is in increasingly short supply, negatively impacting multiple leading chipmakers. The scarcity of the resource could extend the global chip shortage.

Sourcengine has the microprocessors electronics manufacturers need in stock and available for shipment around the globe thanks to its many supplier relationships and global logistics network.

Since June, Malaysia has enacted nationwide lockdowns to mitigate the impact of a spike in domestic COVID-19 infections. Consequently, the country’s chipmakers have had to curb their output, which has caused problems for some of the world’s leading automakers.

Manufactures across the world have increased their parts orders in the wake of the global chip shortage. Is that stockpiling trend creating a new semiconductor inventory glut?

Several multinational carmakers are moving away from the “just-in-time” semiconductor inventory model because of problems they encountered during the global chip shortage. The paradigm shift could have major implications for OEMs, CMs, and EMS providers.

Semiconductor Engineering expects production capacity for components made using mature nodes to remain constricted because of the global chip shortage through mid-2022. Consequently, CMOS, PMIC, and MCU could be difficult to procure until then.

TSMC, the world’s top contract foundry, will increase its vehicle microcontroller production by 60 percent to address the global chip shortage. However, recent reports indicate that the worldwide component bottleneck will not ease up until 2021.