KARIYA, Japan—Automotive supplier DENSO Corp. and United Semiconductor Japan Co. Ltd. (USJC) have agreed to collaborate on the production of power semiconductors at USJC’s 300-millimeter fab to serve growing demand in the automotive market.
SAO PAULO—The ongoing worldwide chip shortage has forced Mercedes-Benz to shut down two of its assembly plants in Brazil from April 18 to May 3, idling some 5.600 workers.
In January, Intel announced that it will invest $20 billion in a new microchip manufacturing facility near Columbus, OH. The fab is expected to create 3,000 company jobs, 7,000 construction jobs, and tens of thousands of additional jobs for suppliers and partners.
WASHINGTON—The House voted on Feb. 4 to pass the America COMPETES Act, a bill that aims to increase U.S. competitiveness with China and to address the country’s shortage of semiconductors by strengthening the country’s supply chain.
DEARBORN, MI—Difficulties in obtaining semiconductor chips will prompt Ford Motor Co. to temporarily halt or scale back production at eight assembly plants in North America.
WASHINGTON—A new U.S. Department of Commerce report says many manufacturers that rely on semiconductors have only a few days worth of inventory at any time.
We take for granted that our supply chains will deliver the products we desire, or at least we once did. We don't care about their complexity. How could there be complexity? They have always delivered reliably.
TAYLOR, TX—Samsung will spend $17 billion over the next three years to build a semiconductor fab here in an effort to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. at a time of a global shortage of chips.
