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Re: Component shortage to affect copiers?
Due to significant ocean shipping delays at US west coast ports, air freight volumes are way up ... ... although air freight charges have been dropping, the extra cost has to be passed along to the end user.
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Component shortage to affect copiers?
Component shortage to affect copiers? Report published in Wirth Consulting magazine office printer/MFP industry is currently facing two key challenges: sharply reduced office print volumes, as well as potential shortages of computer chips used by office printers and MFPs, as well as other supply constraints. chip demand has sharply risen during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns caused a surge in demand for PCs for work and education use at home, and for personal electronics such as game...
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Fujitsu Launches 12Mbit ReRAM -- Largest Memory Density in ReRAM Family
YOKOHAMA, Japan , March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Semiconductor Memory Solution Limited announced on March 15 the launch of a 12Mbit ReRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory), MB85AS12MT. Evaluation samples are currently available. URL: https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/group/fsm/en/products/reram/spi-12m-mb85as12mt.html This new product is a non-volatile memory having a large memory density of 12Mbit in a very small package size of approximately 2mm x 3mm. It has an outstandingly low level of...
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Semiconductor Shortage Update
Before COVID-19 hit, insufficient capacities had already created a shortage of semiconductors worldwide. But the pandemic response, with government rules and regulations generating widespread lockdowns, forced manufacturers to temporarily cease production. Once shut-downs began to ease and production started to ramp back up to normal levels, the demand for these tiny microchips had grown beyond what the industry could meet at normal production levels. The issue was compounded by ongoing...
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The controls caused the “complete collapse” of China’s semiconductor industry overnight, according to one expert.
China’s semiconductor industry has been rocked by the mass resignation of American workers after new restrictions were announced by US President Joe Biden’s administration. The export controls, which the US said was needed to “protect US national security and foreign policy interests”, restrict the ability of China to “purchase and manufacture certain high-end chips used in military applications”. The restrictions ban the export of US semiconductor equipment that cannot be provided by any...