The semiconductor shortage is not expected to end in the next few years, ie until new factories for chip manufacturing are launched. This view was expressed in an interview with IEEE Spectrum by Yuh-Jier Mii, vice president of research and development at TSMC.
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Unlike many in the industry, the TSMC executive does not attribute the chip shortage to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, the problem lies in the fact that chips are used in almost all products manufactured today. Significantly, this situation as a whole is due to a lack of capacity and infrastructure for the production of semiconductor products.
Difficult to keep up with the transition period
It should also be noted that the demand for microcircuits of the entire semiconductor industry has started to increase sharply in recent years. being drawn. Manufacturers finally realized what really happened and began to actively invest in new plants to meet the growing demand both in the short and long term. TSMC’s Vice President of Engineering also talked about how difficult it is today for even companies like TSMC to keep up with the process transition process.
Mii explains this important topic: “Previously, we were able to optimize the previous one to switch to a new process technology. However, with each new generation, we must find new ways to overcome limitations related to, for example, the size of transistors, architecture, materials, processes and tools.” interpreted as.
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