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      Automotive chip shortages to continue throughout 2023, industry says

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 20 December, 2022 - 15:57

    CPU chip and semiconductors with car toy.

    Enlarge / Some analysts have estimated that the chip shortage has caused new car prices to rise by 16 percent in two years. (credit: golibtolibov/getty images)

    We can expect continued disruption to the global semiconductor industry and, therefore, continued supply chain shortages in the automotive industry throughout 2023, according to a new report in the Financial Times . The head of Onsemi, Hassane El-Khoury, told the paper that "there's nothing you can do now to change 2023," and that "we will be adding capacity every quarter, every month in 2023 to meet our customer demand."

    The problem began during the pandemic and its associated shutdowns around the world. These caused automakers to temporarily idle plants due to public health concerns, leading some to cancel just-in-time orders for silicon chips. But as vaccines became available and production restarted, the silicon fabs that would have made chips for automakers had already switched that production capacity to other customers like IoT device makers.

    Chip plants are running flat-out to meet demand but have warned that the problem is not going to be solved quickly .

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      Raspberry Pi inventory improving, could reach pre-pandemic levels in 2023

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 12 December, 2022 - 15:15 · 1 minute

    Raspberry Pi 4 boards could be freely ready to purchase again, without the snipe hunt experience, in Q3 2023.

    Enlarge / Raspberry Pi 4 boards could be freely ready to purchase again, without the snipe hunt experience, in Q3 2023. (credit: ReadyPlayerEmma / Wikimedia (cc-by-sa-2.0)) )

    There hasn't been much good news involving Raspberry Pis lately, at least for those looking to buy. But the single-board system maker says to take heart. Individual units are heading out now, and more are coming soon.

    In a "Supply chain update" blog post ("It's good news!"), CEO Eben Upton wrote that Raspberry Pi has "set aside a little over a hundred thousand units, split across Zero W, 3A+, and the 2GB and 4GB variants of Raspberry Pi 4, for single-unit sales." During the pandemic-spurred component shortage, most of the Pis produced every month were going to businesses , leaving those in need of one or two for a project refreshing rpilocator and cursing their timing. Zeros will start showing up first, then 3A+, then different models of 4.

    Upton acknowledged this reality (and even linked the locator) and asked that people buy only from approved resellers and consider the Pico and Pico W lines for projects that might fit, as those lines remain strong. As of this morning, a few 3A+ and CM4 models showed an optimistic green on the rpilocator spreadsheet.

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