Uncertainties caused by the pandemic also led to sharp swings in orders last year, which in turn muddied the waters for chipmakers trying to match capacity with demand. Overall demand for semiconductors of all stripes-from basic microcontrollers and memory chips to the most sophisticated high-performance processors-has grown over the past decade, as smartphone usage and computing power boomed. A steady rise in semiconductor sales faltered in 2019, but was then boosted 5.4% by 2020’s shelter-in-place demand for home gadgets, IDC data shows. Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan in March said his company is sold out this year and customers were “willing to book out for delivery of those products out through the rest of 2021.” And on Friday, Nio Inc.-the Chinese EV company sometimes compared with Tesla-became the first high-profile automaker from the country to suspend production because of shortages. Samsung flagged a “serious imbalance” globally, the largest company so far to warn of fallout from the crunch.
have in recent weeks warned of longer-than anticipated deficits snarling production-potentially well past the summer. A growing number of industry players from Continental AG to Innolux Corp.
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