Qualcomm, one of the world's semiconductor chip giants, has seen signs that the global chip supply shortage is expected to improve. Steve Morenkov (Steve Mollenkopf), the company's chief executive, pointed out at a high-level China Development Forum on Saturday that the shortage of chips made with mature technologies is expected to ease in the short term.
In response to a question about the chip shortage, he said that there is indeed a chip shortage in the world, and Qualcomm is improving, but it will take time.
However, he pointed out that the supply pressure of some chips produced by mature processes is expected to be alleviated as soon as possible, but chips produced by advanced processes are more complex to solve.
"behind the chip shortage, there is the impact of digitization, and it is currently at the peak of digital infrastructure construction," he said. At the same time, including the impact of the epidemic, this is also an extraordinary period. We will try our best to overcome it in the future. "
Qualcomm has struggled to meet the demand for processor chips from smartphone makers using Android because of a tight supply of chips. Cristiano Amon (Cristiano Amon), president of Qualcomm, who will be promoted to CEO on June 30th, said not long ago that if asked what kept him awake all night, it was the supply crisis in the semiconductor industry that kept him awake all night.
Sanjay Mehrotra (Sanjay Mehrotra), CEO of Meguiar Technology, the other half conductor giant, who attended the meeting in video format, also said that Micron is speeding up its technology transformation to ease the shortage of memory chips. The company will strive to increase supply to meet the growing demand for its products.
Chip supply shortage has become a common problem in the global semiconductor industry, and has affected many fields such as automobiles, mobile phones and so on. Ford, General Motors, Toyota and other major auto companies have announced that some of their products have stopped production due to a shortage of automotive chips. Even Samsung, which is itself one of the world's biggest chip makers, warned this week that chip shortages could delay the launch of its new Note line of smartphones.
