Sources: at least four types of equipment vital to chip production are in short supply and lead times for wire bonding machines have grown to 10-12 months
Longer delivery times mean slower ramp-up of production capacity — TAIPEI/TOKYO — Trying to solve the global chip crunch? Tweets: @chengtingfang , @nikkeiasia , @aschilling , and @jimhandc Tweets: Cheng Ting-Fang / @chengtingfang : A vicious circle in the making: Not only device and car makers of Apple and Ford have chip supply issues but at the other end of the supply chain— Chipmaking equipment makers also suffer shortage that would drag the expansion pace. @NikkeiAsia exclusive https://asia.nikkei.com/... @nikkeiasia : Some critical chipmaking machines can't be delivered for a year or more due to chip shortages, hampering the resolution of the worldwide crunch. https://asia.nikkei.com/... Andreas Schilling / @aschilling : We are in a vicious circle: Chip tools become latest victim of global semiconductor crunch. https://asia.nikkei.com/... James Hand-Cukierman / @jimhandc : “It's like, 'If I can't get enough chips and components, I don't want anyone, especially my rivals, to get enough of them, either,” a computer industry executive told @ChengTingFang and @Lauly_Th_Li for this great story on the semiconductor shortage. https://asia.nikkei.com/...