The average length of time it took for companies to receive electronic chip orders from manufacturers last September decreased by 4 days, which is the largest decline in years and an indication of the easing of the severity of the chip shortage crisis affecting. most sectors, ranging from electronics to automobiles and appliances.
And Bloomberg cited a report from research firm Susquinhana Financial Group, which said the time frame between ordering and receiving the chips reached 26.3 weeks last September, up from around 27. weeks of last August.
The report indicated a decrease in the time it takes to obtain chips of various categories, with the decrease in the time it takes to receive power management chips and analog chips, according to Christopher Ronald, an analyst at Susquehanna.
Most industries around the world have been hit by the shortage of chip supplies over the past year. But now signs of a reverse crisis have begun, in light of rising stocks of electronic chips and falling demand for them, according to reports released in recent weeks.
A series of warnings about falling demand for chips from industry companies, from Micron Technology to Samsung Electronics, has prompted analysts to cut their profit forecasts for these companies at the fastest pace since 2008.
The global personal computer market witnessed the largest decline in sales during the third quarter of this year, according to Gartner, a market research firm, due to economic uncertainty and rising inventories, indicating continued drop in sales during the last quarter of this year.
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