There is some good news of potential improvement with regard to the electronic component shortage, but not enough to build confidence in the short term. Worldwide capital spending in the…
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It’s not difficult to comprehend now how critical semiconductors are for our everyday life. Likely everyone has had to compromise this year in some way or another due to the…
The entire world is suffering a shortage of chips found within almost every device we use today. Be it mobile phones, vacuum cleaners, or cars, manufacturers have had to idle…
Last Friday’s fire is yet another blow to the semiconductor industry. The fire at the AKM Semiconductor plant last year, COVID slowing down production, and the unpredictable demand from different…
Biden signed an executive order that should bolster the US chip manufacturing market. America has always been a leader in chip wafer design and production, but every year there is…
AERI is seeing an unprecedented amount of activity related to the current electronic component shortage. In the 2018 shortage the focus was on specific product categories, but this time it…
Nothing for now! After seeing Joe Biden in the seat as the President of the United States, the world has begun to conjecture—among many things—how the new President is likely…
The auto industry has shuttered due to shortages of vital semiconductors used in today’s high-tech automobiles. Manufacturers including; Ford Chrysler Fiat Volkswagen Toyota Subaru Daimler Audi Honda Kia Tata in…
A devastating fire has destroyed one of AKM’s (Asahi Kasei Microsystems) primary manufacturing plants in Japan. It is estimated that it will take 12 months to repair the factory. The…
Two events are shaping the way the world looks at the high-tech industry today. The first is the trade war between the two tech giants—the US and China—and the second,…
