[Click on the upper right corner to add 'Follow', national industrial and economic information never missed] The out-of-stock of semiconductor chips has spread from PC, consumer electronics and other fields to the automotive chip market. Some companies have even begun to stop pro

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semiconductor chip out of stock has spread from PC, consumer electronics and other fields to the automotive chip market. Some companies have even begun to stop production during holidays due to out-of-stock reasons. It is expected that the production of automobiles will be reduced by 4.5 million units this year.

Audi CEO Cus Duzmann previously said that more than 10,000 employees have been on leave due to a shortage of automotive chips. At the same time, he also said that the number of vehicles that can reduce production in the first quarter of this year will be close to less than 10,000.

Diamler, BMW, Toyota, Nissan, Subaru and other automakers are also affected by chip shortage. It can be seen that the impact of chip shortage on synchronous car companies is more serious than expected.

Now major auto manufacturers are striving to seize production capacity, and TSMC is the world's largest wafer foundry. They are facing the greatest pressure, but a new investment factory requires a 1-2 year construction period, and there is no time to solve the current problems.

It is reported that TSMC has now found a special method to shorten the production cycle of chips by half, and is expected to significantly increase production capacity.

Specifically, this method is called Super HotRun, which will change the current semiconductor production process. Once an emergency order is received, you can make the new order priority before the production of the previous product by changing the production process.

Thanks to this process change, the delivery time of automotive chips can be shortened from 40-50 days, and can be delivered in just 20-25 days.

However, this method cannot be used easily. On the one hand, it will add serious load to the production line and increase a lot of costs. On the other hand, automotive chips are given priority. will inevitably be sacrificed and bear the cost of extending the delivery period.

In other words, TSMC's method of increasing the production capacity of automotive chips is like the martial arts masterpiece of Seven Injury Fist. It hurts the enemy by one thousand and damages itself by eight hundred. To protect the interests of one customer, one has to sacrifice the interests of another customer. It is a dilemma.

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