Tag: semiconductor
Apple is delivering fewer iPhones due to a lack of chips
iPhone 13 The global shortage of chips apparently also affects Apple’s smartphone production. (Photo: AP) According to a report, Apple cannot produce millions of smartphones due to global delivery bottlenecks.…
Taiwan is the greatest risk to Europe’s chip supply
Taiwan Soldiers in the country during the national holiday: China calls for reunification, Taiwan refuses. This is not good news for the chip location. (Photo: imago images / NurPhoto) Every…
Will the chip shortage get better next year?
semiconductor Capacity expansion, more efficiency: experts see the first signs of improvement in 2022. Munich, Düsseldorf Delivery date autumn 2023: Rainer Koppitz has to wait two years for some chips.…
Will the chip shortage get better next year?
Munich, Düsseldorf Delivery date autumn 2023: Rainer Koppitz has to wait two years for some chips. The semiconductor manufacturers are nowhere near keeping up with production. “The order books are…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
What other manufacturers can learn from Elon Musk
Tesla Five reasons why Tesla is getting better at chips than other automakers. (Photo: Reuters) San Francisco, Düsseldorf For many traditional carmakers, the third quarter was like a bloodbath, for…
Wolfspeed in the fast lane even without Infineon
Electric cars Semiconductors made of silicon carbide are often used in electric cars and charging stations. (Photo: dpa) Munich Gregg Lowe attacks, and that is to be taken literally: The…
Infineon promises strong growth in the new fiscal year
Reinhard Ploss The Infineon boss promises a strong increase in sales in the new fiscal year and a higher margin. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich The chip boom will continue to drive…
Will deliver fewer trucks in 2022 due to the chip crisis
New trucks The truck industry was largely spared the lack of chips in the first half of the year, but the problems have now arrived here as well. (Photo: Bloomberg)…
ZVEI is demanding speed with the chip subsidies
Chip manufacturing The industry association ZVEI calls for significantly more support for chip companies in Europe in order to be able to compete with the USA and China. (Photo: Bloomberg)…
The race is also decided at the universities
The bad news from the chip industry doesn’t stop there. The industry is still not able to deliver as much as customers order for a long time. This has increasingly…
Carinthia attacks the chip industry
Chip factory in Villach Infineon is investing 1.6 billion euros in its new semiconductor factory in Carinthia. (Photo: Bloomberg) Villach, Klagenfurt The clock is ticking: “We’re looking for 100 people…
Carinthia attacks the chip industry
Chip factory in Villach Infineon is investing 1.6 billion euros in its new semiconductor factory in Carinthia. (Photo: Bloomberg) Villach, Klagenfurt The clock is ticking: “We’re looking for 100 people…
A lack of chips causes global car sales to collapse
VW plant in Wolfsburg Semiconductors are also currently in short supply at Volkswagen’s main plant. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt According to estimates by management consultants, the loss of production in the…
A lack of chips leads to further production downtimes and short-time work at the VW main plant
VW production As a result of the chip crisis, there are further restrictions at the main plant in Wolfsburg. (Photo: Reuters) Wolfsburg The ongoing supply crisis for important electronic components…
China or USA? Taiwan faces a tough argument about the right course
Tokyo Taiwan recently received a dubious title: The British magazine “The Economist” named democracy off China’s coast “the most dangerous place in the world”. Even the US military are now…
Chip shortages could cost automakers $ 210 billion in sales
Semiconductor production The auto industry is threatened with a drop in sales of 210 billion US dollars. (Photo: obs) Munich, New York According to a study, the ongoing shortage of…
Chip shortage: The auto industry has gambled away trust
ID.3 production by Volkswagen Many production lines are currently standing still because the automotive industry lacks semiconductors. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The automotive industry has vastly miscalculated. Actually, everything should be…
The guesswork of the chip company’s next factory
Infineon chip production The chip company has just opened its new plant in Villach. With a construction time for a factory of three years, the group has to start thinking…