Wechat scan QR code < / P > < p > to share with friends and circle of friends_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E8%8A%AF%E7%89%87 "> chip < / a > industry Unicorn horizon has finalized a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement. It is reported that through the comprehensive strategic cooperation with horizon, SAIC Group takes SAIC passenger cars as the carrier, and intends to combine its technical achievements in the field of intelligent networking with horizon's intelligent chip, visual perception algorithm and data closed-loop technology capabilities. On the one hand, it can effectively alleviate or even solve the capacity crisis caused by chip shortage; on the other hand, it hopes to work together Create the next generation intelligent driving domain controller and system solution that can be benchmarked with Tesla FSD. (Liu Yang of Financial Association) < / P > < p > < b > related reading: < / b > < / P > < p > < / P > < p > < b > urgent! The shortage of chips has led to the closure of many car factories around the world and the slowdown of production < / b > < / P > < p > on February 9, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, people rushed to buy daily consumer electronics products such as game machines, laptops and televisions to help them survive the epidemic blockade period, which led to a surge in demand for chips in the market. < / P > < p > now, many laptops and next-generation game consoles such as Xbox series X and Playstation 5 are sold out. < / P > < p > in addition, < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%B1%BD%E8%BD%A6 "> the automotive < / a > industry has also been severely impacted by the severe chip shortage. Bryce Johnstone, head of Automotive Segment Marketing at imaging technologies, a chip design firm, told the media that "in the short term, the automotive industry has been very adversely affected. This is due to their unprepared production methods and incredible supply chain complexity. " U.S. auto giant General Motors announced last Wednesday that it would close three of its factories and significantly slow down production due to a shortage of chips. The company says its production target for 2021 will not be met. < / P > < p > a GM spokesman said, "chip supply to the global automotive industry is still very uncertain. Our supply chain is working closely with us to find solutions to the chip shortage to mitigate the impact on general motors. " < / P > < p > several other automakers have suspended production in recent weeks. Honda uk's Swindon plant was closed for several days last month due to a shortage of chips. In addition, Ford and Volkswagen have closed some factories or reduced production, waiting for chip supply to resume. Last month, Ford said it would close a German factory for a month. Volkswagen said in December that it would reduce its car production by 100000 units this quarter due to a shortage of chips. "We have to make sure that the market and supply chain are intact," Herbert diess, VW's chief executive, said of the chip shortage at the world economic forum in Davos on January 25 < / P > < p > < B style = "box sizing: inherit;" > demand fluctuation < / b > < / P > < p > US < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%8D%8A%E5%AF%BC%E4%BD%93 "> Falan, director of industry statistics and economic policy, Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) The shortage of chips in the automotive industry is largely due to the dramatic fluctuations in chip demand caused by the new coronavirus epidemic and the increased use of chips in advanced technology vehicles, yinug said. "The current shortage of automotive chips can be traced back to the second quarter of 2020, when, with the spread of the new coronavirus around the world, automobile manufacturers began to reduce production and chip procurement," inug said in a blog post on Thursday At the same time, chipmakers are seeing an increase in demand for chips to support telemedicine, work at home and online learning devices, he said. "But in the next few months, the market demand for automotive chips grew much faster than expected." < / P > < p > "in March and April last year, with the closure of some automobile factories around the world, the monthly sales of specific purpose chips in the automobile market decreased significantly year-on-year. But by the third quarter and the fourth quarter, auto chip sales recovered rapidly and returned to positive growth in the fourth quarter. " < / P > < p > the semiconductor industry has been trying to increase production, but the imbalance between supply and demand can not be made up for a while. < / P > < p > "chip production is one of the most complex manufacturing processes," inug said. "It often takes up to 26 weeks from order to delivery, which is the standard process of chip production. Most industry analysts believe that the current short-term supply shortage will ease in the coming months as supply adjusts to meet demand. " < / P > < p > < B style = "box sizing: inherit;" > cost awareness < / b > < / P > < p > Hermann Hauser, who helped build arm, a British chip designer, told the media that the auto industry has been hurt the most because of "incredible cost awareness.". < / P > < p > he said, "the decision to allocate chip capacity to the automotive industry, or the telecommunications industry or the server industry, is just a simple decision for chip production. But the gross profit rate allocated to the server industry is much higher. That's why the automotive industry is particularly short of chips. " < p > < p > Hauser said that there is not enough competition in the chip manufacturing market, which is also one of the reasons for the current shortage of chips. "Samsung and TSMC are the only two semiconductor companies in the world that can produce 5-nanometer process technology chips," he said. This kind of monopoly is too strong. " < / P > < p > he said that one of the reasons why there are so few 5nm chip manufacturing plants is because of the large investment. It takes expensive high-tech equipment to make such a small thing. Newport wafer fab, the UK's largest chipmaker, raised 50 million pounds (68 million dollars) in January to try to ease the global chip supply shortage. < / P > < p > according to the daily telegraph, the company said it would use the money to nearly double the production of semiconductor wafers from 8000 to 14000. < / P > < p > < / P > < p > Draw Nelson, chairman of Newport wafer fab, said chip demand had soared in the past three months, mainly due to the global chip shortage and the rise of electric vehicles. （天?
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