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From supply shock to demand shock: New crisis hits semiconductor industry

As the companies were working on improving the supply of semiconductors, the demand for PCs, and mobile phones, among other things, fell, now leaving these companies with excess inventory

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Just as things were starting to improve, a new crisis hit the semiconductor industry. The industry is suddenly facing a downturn due to a fall in demand and excess inventory, according to a report by Financial Times (FT).

The report stated that major chipmakers in the US, including Intel and Nvidia, now have more inventory than needed. This has pulled the prices lower. The fall in demand was more pronounced in the PC, mobile and gaming industries.

For the last two years, the world was facing a shortage in the supply of semiconductors. The demand for PCs and mobile phones