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Samsung to build $17-B chip plant in Texas

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 12:15 PM

Samsung said on Tuesday it will build a microchip factory in Texas, a $17 billion investment that comes as semiconductor shortages are causing supply chain delays across many industries. Read more »

PH electronics industry may outpace pre-pandemic growth

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 12:16 PM

The Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc (SEIPI) projected that the country's electronics industry could outpace its pre-pandemic level growth this year, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

Nissan triples profit forecast despite chip crunch

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 08:30 AM

Nissan tripled its full-year net profit forecast on Tuesday as it rebounded from the impact of the pandemic with a strong quarterly performance, saying it expected to withstand challenges including the chip crunch and rising raw material prices. Read more »

Chip shortage to last through 2022: Semiconductors exec

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 03 05:35 AM

Britain-based Arm is a designer of computer chips that are used to power many consumer electronics devices. Read more »

Apple cuts iPad production to feed chips to iPhone 13

Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 12:30 PM

Apple Inc has cut back production of iPad tablets to allocate more components to the iPhone 13, a sign the global chip supply crunch is hitting Apple harder than previously indicated, Nikkei said on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. Read more »

Apple results hit by supply chain woes

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 08:24 AM

Supply chain woes cost Apple Inc $6 billion in sales during the company's fiscal fourth quarter, which missed Wall Street expectations, and Chief Executive Tim Cook said that the impact will be even worse during the current holiday sales quarter. Read more »

Nokia shrugs off chip problems to double profit in Q3

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 02:18 PM

Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia said Thursday that it was able to double its profits in the third quarter of the current year, despite the worldwide shortage of computer chips. Read more »

Malaysia chip crunch triggers new era in supply deals

Liz Lee, Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 02:43 PM

Malaysian electronics firms say big-name customers are beating on their doors to lock in take-or-pay, longer-term deals - and happy to pay more if need be. Read more »

Apple cuts iPhone 13 output forecast: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 06:48 PM

Apple is unlikely to meet production goals for its new iPhone before the holidays because of a global electronic chip shortage, a report said Tuesday. Read more »

Apple likely to slash iPhone 13 production — report

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 13 08:35 AM

Apple Inc. is likely to cut down production of its iPhone 13 by as many as 10 million units, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Read more »

Samsung forecasts near-30 percent jump in Q3 operating profit

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 08 09:13 AM

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics defied the global supply chain challenges to forecast a near-30-percent jump in third-quarter operating profits on Friday. Read more »

Japan, US business leaders call for improved supply chains

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 07 04:04 PM

The pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of supply chains for a range of products from semiconductors to vaccines against COVID-19. Read more »

Bottlenecks and shortages: supply chain woes dog global recovery

Ali Bekhtaoui, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 09:11 AM

The difficulties are already being seen in the economic data: China's manufacturing activity shrank in September for the first time since the beginning of the year. Read more »

Toyota cuts annual auto production target on shortage of chips

Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 03:16 PM

Toyota Motor Corp, the world's biggest automaker by sales volume, cut its annual production target on Friday by 300,000 vehicles because of a global shortage of chips and supplies of auto parts from factories in Southeast Asia.d Read more »

Global supply snags could mean fewer toys under the Christmas tree

Juliette Michel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 09 09:18 AM

Like many other sectors of the US economy working to get back to normal following the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, toymakers and specialty stores have been trying to adapt, while struggling to replenish their supplies. Read more »

Apple says chip shortage reaches iPhone, growth forecast slows

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jul 28 08:44 AM

Apple Inc said on Tuesday that a global chip shortage that has bit into its ability to sell Macs and iPads will start to affect iPhone production and forecasted slowing revenue growth, sending its shares lower. Read more »

US presses Taiwan to supply more chips to US automakers

David Lawder and David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at May 05 02:30 PM

The US Commerce Department is pressing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd and other Taiwanese firms to prioritize the needs of US automakers to ease chip shortages in the near term, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday. Read more »

Why Apple has chips for iPhones while Ford got caught short

Jonathan Weber and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 08:34 AM

On the same day that Ford Motor Co said it would be able to produce only half as many cars as planned due to a global chip shortage, Apple Inc announced blowout quarterly earnings as smartphone and computer sales soared, with the chip shortage having only a small impact on its business. Read more »

Computer chip shortage may leave auto sector idling

Taimaz Szirniks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 08:24 AM

What was initially downplayed as a brief hiccup in the supply of semiconductors looks more and more like a shortage that may last throughout the year in what would be a big blow to automakers. Read more »

As Biden works to fix chips shortage, Intel promises help for hurting automakers

Nandita Bose and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Apr 13 08:17 AM

US President Joe Biden met with executives from major companies on Monday to discuss the global chip shortage that has severely hurt US automakers and spurred Intel Corp to announce it plans to make chips for car plants at its factories in the next 6 to 9 months. Read more »