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But it's affecting everyone in electronics as far as I know. My company is not in automotive, but pretty much every lead time has exploded, prices have increase
by Leherenn 6y ago
But it's affecting everyone in electronics as far as I know. My company is not in automotive, but pretty much every lead time has exploded, prices have increased and some pieces are just not available at all.
The automakers might have messed up their predictions, but they're not disrupting the whole electronics market like that.
- Kliment 6y agoThey actually did disrupt the entire market like that. They cancelled all their orders, causing fab capacity to be redirected to other markets, then they came back and asked for their orders back, at any price, and everyone who was already making something else switched their now fewer available slots to service the car industry. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26842924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26842924