The shortage of electronic components can be felt everywhere and especially in the world of smartphones. According to Samsung, the crisis should also last until mid-2022.
In addition to graphics cards, the entire electronics industry generally suffers from component shortages. Samsung is obviously one of the main victims of this problem. And after some indiscretions from the newspaper TheElec, we even learn that due to this crisis, the company was unable to produce the required amount of smartphones.
Another difficult year for Samsung
According to Samsung Mobile, this shortage is expected to last until mid-2022. All of this follows an important November 10th meeting with numerous executives from more than 30 electronic components suppliers. To make the situation more durable, Samsung plans to sign contracts for the year to ensure good production capacity and fight rising prices.
Is the change almost now?
Because yes, the foundries will, like this year, probably increase their service prices again this year. Please note that the Samsung sales department now stores electronic chips for up to four weeks instead of the current two weeks due to the crisis.
2022 should therefore be another somewhat difficult year for the electronics world, with undoubtedly significant improvements for the summer. It remains to be seen whether other companies such as AMD or Nvidia will also be entitled to a few rays of sunshine in 2022 …
