Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Says Semi Shortage Could Last "A Couple Years"
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Says Semi Shortage Could Last "A Couple Years"
BY TYLER DURDEN MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 - 06:30 PM
Brace for
more pessimistic news about the global semiconductor shortage...
Intel is now going on the record and doubling down on statements
that its CEO made on 60 Minutes earlier this year, stating that it could take
"several years" for the current supply shortage of semiconductors to
be resolved.
CEO Pat Gelsinger said that the pandemic-inspired
"work from home" trend caused a "cycle of explosive growth
in semiconductors", according to Reuters.
"But while the industry has taken steps to address near
term constraints it could still take a couple of years for the ecosystem to
address shortages of foundry capacity, substrates and components," Gelsinger
commented.
Gelsinger also reiterated Intel's plans to expand: "We
plan to expand to other locations in the U.S. and Europe, ensuring a
sustainable and secure semiconductor supply chain for the world."
Intel is trying to keep pace with Samsung and Taiwan
Semiconductor - both of which also have plans to expand, including into the
U.S. - to increase semi production.
We noted in mid-May that
TSMC had plans of "doubling down" and vastly increasing its
investment for production in Arizona. The chipmaking giant said at the
time it was "weighing plans to pump tens of billions of dollars more into
cutting-edge chip factories in the U.S. state of Arizona than it had previously
disclosed".
The company had already said it was going to invest $10 billion
to $12 billion in Arizona. It now appears to be mulling a more advanced 3
nanometer plant that could cost between $23 billion and $25 billion. The
changes would come over the next 10 to 15 years, as the company builds out its
Phoenix campus.
The
move would put TSMC in direct competition with Intel and Samsung for subsidies
from the U.S. government. President Joe Biden has proposed $50 billion in
funding for domestic chip manufacturing.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, in early May, called for
a "major increase" in U.S. production capacity of semiconductors. She
commented: “Right now we make 0% of leading-edge chips in the United
States. That’s a problem. We ought to be making 30%, because that matches our
demand. So, we will promise to work hard every day, and in the short term also
see if we can have more chips available so the automakers can reopen their
factories.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-says-semi-shortage-could-last-couple-years
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