The chip shortage problem, which started with the Covid-19 pandemic and continues today, has caused many manufacturers to turn to new expansion plans to meet the increasing demand. While these problems in the sector are slowly starting to ease today, manufacturers are now experiencing problems in the supply of equipment necessary for expansion.
Issues may take longer than expected to be resolved
According to information shared by NikkeiAsia, companies supplying equipment to chip manufacturers such as Applied Materials, KLA, Lam Research and ASML have warned that some key machines may take up to 18 months to ship. warned the producers. Also, multiple sources are reporting that supply constraints are causing problems with nearly everything from lenses, valves and pumps to microcontrollers, engineering plastics and even electronic modules.
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However, we can say that giant chip manufacturers such as TSMC, Intel and Samsung, which aim to increase their production capacity in order to prevent supply problems, may have to postpone their expansion plans.
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