Amid all the bad economic implications resulting from the Korona pandemic, the world is preparing for a new wave of rise in the prices of phones, mobile computers, TVs, cars and refrigerators.As for the reason, it is due to a new global crisis, its features are clearly clear..
It is known that semi -conductors are materials like silicon that can connect electricity, which makes them very necessary in the world of the day from which the technology has become in the heart from.Since it was used for the first time in radio devices in the form of chips, it has become an integral part of all electronic devices, but rather, according to the British Phardia, it plays the role of the mind in these devices..
الرقائقResearch in waste
This means simply that each product contains semiconductors will increase its price to compensate for scarcity in the chips and electronic slides market, which also means that you should not overlook easily with its devices and tools, but rather to search well in your electronic waste for what can be recycled from computers and phonesOld to use it in new devices.
Double crisis
It started with some delay in the factory supplies from the slides as a result of the closure of some of them due to the Korona pandem, Besides inaugurating new games devices, launching phones operating with fifth -generation networks.Unfortunately, the time when the world's residents were forced to inherent in their homes due to the spread of the Coffee 19 virus and increased their need to deal with the tools and technology devices, whether to entertain themselves or to complete the tasks of remote work, is the time when the production of semiconductor declined.
Other reasons for increasing demand
الرقائقOn the other hand, the demand for semi -conductors increased during the last period due to the companies operating in the field of car manufacturing, which started investing in electric cars with advanced technologies, in addition to the return of the demand for cars again to rise, especially in China, which is the largest market for cars in the world.As Vallan Yenuj, the official of the semiconductor makers: recovered the demand for chips in the fall as it suddenly collapsed in the spring, which led to a clear imbalance.
Production slowdown
The shortfall that occurred in the production of semiconductor major companies forced to change their plans, for example, that Apple, whose market value is more than one trillion dollars and the largest buyer in the world for semiconductors, which spend about $ 58 billion annually to buy semiconductor, forced the delay in the launchIPhone 12 phones last year for more than two months due to a lack of slides.
Game units
As for the manufacturers of gaming units, headed by Sony, it announced last month that it suffered a lot last year due to the lack of slides, and that it may not achieve the sales that they were hoping for this year from the PS5 devices due to the problem of semiconductor shortages.
As for the Xbox devices unit at Microsoft, it announced that it expects the problem of a lack of supply semiconductor supplies at least until the second half of this year.
Samsung dilemma
As for Samsung, it is the opposite of the crisis of the shortage of semiconductors from overlapping angles, as it is the second largest buyer in the world for the semi -conductors after Apple company.On the other hand, the second producer in the world for chips.Recently, the company announced that it may have to postpone the launch of its new smartphone due to this global deficiency in the production of slides.Nil Campbling, an analyst at the Mirabod Foundation, said: It is incredible for Samsung to sell $ 56 billion in connections to others, and consumes $ 36 billion in it, yet she finds herself forced to delay the launch of one of its products.Koh Dong Jin, co -chief executive of Samsung, who is at the same time, explained that there is a serious imbalance in the arrangement and selection of those who get the limited supplies of chips..
الرقائقCar manufacturers crisis
In the automotive world, the shortfall supply has become disturbing, as the standard specifications of modern cars such as augmented guidance and sensors for brakes and waiting cameras depend on the chips..It is also sometimes used in advanced solutions such as engine management and radar.It exacerbates the size of the problem in auto manufacturers that these companies operate according to the "JUST-In-Time" strategy.This principle means that manufacturers do not maintain a stock of materials that you need in manufacturing, but they ask them for supply chains when needed..Which made the only option available to it is to close production lines and reduce sales.
The end of the list
من ناحية أخرى، فإن مصنعي السيارات الذين قاموا بتقليل احتياجاتهم من أشباه الموصلات بعد تراجع الطلب على السيارات في العام الماضي، وجدوا أنفسهم في The end of the list عندما حاولوا إعادة الطلب.It is known that the auto industry at the global level buys $ 37 billion in chips.Toyota and Volkswagen are considered one of the largest people who get a share of this total share, as each of them gets four billion dollars..It is a limited value if compared to other sectors and companies.So the experts confirm that more than one will be affected by the lack of chips is the auto industry, because its relatively limited consumption will make it at the end of the ranks of those who have obtained it..And if Apple, for example, spends $ 56 billion a year to buy slides, this matter makes it priority, of course, in continuing supply.
الرقائقExpected results
For its part, Ford announced the cancellation of some work patrols in some of its factories, and indicated that its annual profits may be damaged by 2.5 billion this year due to the lack of slides, while the Nissan factories in Mexico and the United States witnessed a slowdown in production, so that their expectations on sales reach a reduction in the number of cars by about 150 thousand cars for this year.As for General Motors, it revealed that it may face a decline in its profits this year by about two billion dollars, while Renault believes its production by about one hundred thousand cars this year..The Japanese auto giant Honda also reduced its sales expectations for this year.
Dark tunnel
On the other hand, we find that the semiconductor industry is not characterized by sufficient flexibility and is not easy to adapt to emergency events.This appeared clearly ten years ago when an earthquake caused the failure of the third company producing in the world, which resulted in a crisis in the production of slides globally, which took years until things returned to their previous era..
Rising prices
In light of the current crisis, production cannot be increased to cover the current shortage because the operation of semiconductor factories takes at least two years.The manufactures of these chips - which turned out to be an essential tool in operating most of the devices surrounding us - are very complicated, and it is not possible to easily run a new line to collect and produce them.This has resulted in the manufacturers raising prices significantly for the second time in less than a year.There is no sign yet to increase the supply or decline in demand for the prices increasing continuously.This means, according to the two Phardian, that the matter will be transferred later or soon.Then the prices of cars and phones will rise and most devices will rise again.
Nil Campbling, an analyst at the Mirabud Foundation, said: What is happening now in the slides markets- which it turns out to represent a lot- is similar to a storm of supply and demand, but the new demand level cannot be accompanied, so everyone will burn the fire of the crisis and the matter will move from bad to worse.
