Reports from around the world confirm the supply situation in the global electronic supply chain continues to be very poor.
The central cause is the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. Component manufacturers are still catching up on time lost through factory shut-downs in 2020 while product manufacturers, having slashed production and component purchases because of falling orders, are now facing increased demand.
Unfortunately for them, lead times for semiconductors, microcontrollers and MEMs are running at over 30 weeks.