Smartphone, car, home appliances ... The serious situation of "semiconductor deficiency".The broken water heater cannot be fixed until April

President Biden who signed a presidential decree to review US semiconductor supply chains

A global semiconductor deficiency that has begun to be pointed out from the beginning of the year.Initially, it was a topic limited to the automotive industry, but now it has an indispensable thing for our lives.We interviewed the shortages, including home appliances and equipment that became difficult to obtain!⇒ [Image] Many companies are affected in Japan

Not just smartphones and cars!Wait for 2 months for white goods

"I live in a detached house in an urban area and be forced to go to public baths ..." A company employee living in Tokyo (49 years old) lamented.The blue sky is two weeks ago."The water heater broke down, hot water was no longer emitted, and the bath could not be boiled. I immediately asked the contractor for repair, but" I can not fix it until April because there is no semiconductor stock due to lack of semiconductors. "What I handed on the way home was a piece of paper.There was a list of a nearby public bath there."Now, I go to public baths with my family almost 10 minutes every day, but this season I cool down the hot water, so it's hard. My wife wants to wash it at home alone, so I made my own copper tube.I desperately completed the water heater of Youtube. "

Background of prolonged semiconductor deficiency

It's been a year since the shortage of semiconductors began to be pointed out.The situation is not resolved, but it is getting worse.According to a survey by the Sasuke Hana Financial Group, the world's lead time (time required from ordering to delivery) is 21 as of October..9 weeks and January 14.It has been increasing significantly since the week. Masami Inaba, editor -in -chief of "Electronic Device Industry Shimbun", explains the background of prolonged semiconductor shortage. "One is that the demand for electronic devices and home appliances has increased due to changes in life, such as teleworking, online learning, and nesting in the corona. The movement to secure inventory is increasing. It can be said that these two synergistic effects are mainly a synergistic effect. I asked a sales clerk at a consumer electronics retailer in Tokyo. "The effects of the shortage of semiconductors are particularly large: television, washing and dryer, and refrigerator. The TV overlaps with the year -end sales, and it is a thin price, mainly for low -priced models, and it is a long -awaited waiting for two months. It will take. Conversely, the drum -type washing and drying machine and the refrigerator are large in large -scale high price range. Both are waiting for 3 weeks to 1 month. On the other hand, the air conditioner is not a replacement season, so there is stock, but next March The supply of new products from each company is unclear. The rest is a home printer that has been short of shortage in telework. This is also a shortage of semiconductors. Mr. Inaba. "Large companies in the most advanced field, such as Apple and Samsung, and have high negotiations with semiconductor manufacturers, are in a situation where Japanese electronics manufacturers are difficult to procure while being able to secure stock. Since the household appliances use the mature category among semiconductors, it does not assume that there is a shortage of semiconductors in the first place, and the situation is worse. "

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