Musk says new semiconductor plants will end global auto chip shortage next year

[ActionfigureJoe]

He is the guy that would know. damn good news. 
 

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/25/musk-new-semiconductor-plants-will-end-shortage/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACbKl8Yc2UtxnMl34U1VuTfuuXwgKzben00ZGNdeX09wAYGwWJ7o7JPSlO-HVmY4bRWiF-TYX_Zovc_VkIL3E1RZ7DF2KdmI5aGd5PBocR3O2c37xsS-Mwq-EVs6cs1AhXGaVGu2SB_LE7XFKeiH0lOVLVq3O8bj13Df1iE4YDKX

 

[SayatodaU.P.eh?]

I’m not so sure that new fabrication plants will already be online soon enough to solve this. I think it’s working itself out by original means. 
 

I wonder how many are sitting in containers, on ships, off the west coast right now. 

[Mainecat]

The chips used are antiquated.

https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

 

[Zambroski]

4 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

The chips used are antiquated.

https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

 

Just shut up, stupid.

[Carlos Danger]

1 hour ago, Mainecat said:

The chips used are antiquated.

https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

 

This is true but in the defense of the car companies there is no need for them to faster smaller chip sets. Even the old chips they are using have more computing power than a car needs.

[SayatodaU.P.eh?]

27 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said:

This is true but in the defense of the car companies there is no need for them to faster smaller chip sets. Even the old chips they are using have more computing power than a car needs.

By a long shot. 

[Deephaven]

And the older tech is now reliable.  First year anything is a big no thanks for me.

 

[Highmark]

The global semiconductor chip shortage is just a drop in the bucket of supply chain issues right now.  

[teamgreen02]

4 hours ago, Mainecat said:

The chips used are antiquated.

https://fortune.com/2021/09/17/chip-makers-carmakers-time-get-out-semiconductor-stone-age/

 

They used antiquated designs for many of the same reasons the space shuttle did, safety, cost, and reliability.  Automotive isn't like the tech world where they can constantly redesign their boards with annual product updates.  The life cycle of a vehicle design is much longer than many other products.

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Most systems in cars are safety-critical and need to perform in practically every situation regardless of temperature, humidity, vibrations, and even minor road debris. With so much at stake, tried and true is better than new and improved. 

“A lot of it just has to do with the fact that these are proven designs,” explained Gelsinger

“The new technologies are not pin-to-pin compatible, it’s not plug and play,” Salvatori said. “You have to redesign the circuit, build a new board that might have to be recertified; maybe there’s some impact on the mechanical side that then could affect the car’s chassis. So there is a domino effect of action needed.”