Chip shortage eases in the second half of this year The delivery time of semiconductor equipment is expected to be shortened again

Jiwei Network reported that due to the impact of the chip shortage, even semiconductor chip production equipment has been in short supply. According to previous reports, the delivery time of production equipment for some important components has been extended to 12 months, or even longer, and the production capacity of factories that will be connected with wafer manufacturing, packaging and testing has also been affected.

According to the latest reports of Taiwan media, semiconductor equipment is composed of a number of precision components, although the raw materials are still from metal, etc., but also need the main chip and other driving the operation of the whole machine, but affected by the low demand for chips, the priority of wafer manufacturing in the front stage is also ranked behind, so the equipment manufacturers still cannot fully meet the existing needs.

Looking forward to the future, the industry believes that the phenomenon of long and short materials in the supply chain has been alleviated compared with before, but the short material part is still in short supply, affecting the continuous tight delivery of semiconductor equipment, at least more than half a year, and it is estimated that the fastest at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year will have the opportunity to ease, when the orders in hand can also be effectively digested.