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Nexperia investing $700M in capacity expansion, opens new production line in Britain

Nexperia is spending $700 million to expand its development capabilities and manufacturing capacity. And it just activated a new production line.

GlobalFoundries recently broke ground on a $4 billion, 300mm Singapore-based silicon wafer fab that will begin full production in 2023.

Recently, many semiconductor industry leaders and analysts forecast the global chip shortage will not end until 2023.

Intel, the world's leading IDM, is reportedly negotiating the purchase of contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries for $30 billion.

Daimler executives predict the global chip shortage will continue affecting the corporation's manufacturing and sales through 2022.

Gartner forecast that the worldwide semiconductor shortage will continue into 2022. It also offered three tips on navigating the crisis.

Industry insiders believe mature node production capacity will remain tight until the middle of 2022 due to the global chip shortage.

TSMC is increasing its car MCU production to address the global chip shortage. But insiders believe the component crunch will last until 2022.

Because of the global chip shortage, leading car manufacturers are moving away from the “just-in-time” component inventory model.

Malaysia enacted a nationwide lockdown in response to rising COVID-19 cases. In response, some automakers have cut their production quotas.