According to businesskorea, the global chip shortage has spread from the automotive industry to the information technology (IT) industry. Industry insiders have revealed that Samsung Electronics' tight supply of 5nm processes may cut the supply of its own 5G chips and customer Qualcomm orders.
Industry insiders say Samsung Electronics is not even able to produce 5nm Exynos 2100 chips for its flagship Galaxy S21 series as planned due to an influx of orders from customers around the world, as is the case with Exynos 1080, which is used in Galaxy A series and vivo smartphones.
It is reported that Samsung Electronics's limited 5nm production line is unable to meet orders from major customers, so the company has been forced to reduce production of Exynos chips to allocate capacity to customers. In addition, the report pointed out that Samsung Electronics may also reduce the production capacity of Qualcomm chips.
Some analysts pointed out that the news is not surprising, because Samsung 5nm process has just been launched, the yield should still need to be improved, but this year's 5G demand is a big growth.
