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Shortages are challenges faced jointly by customers and Dragon Core. We are willing to work with you, professionally and attentively, responding quickly and advancing together .
Occurrences such as semiconductor shortages, natural disasters, economic cycles, human errors, and supply-demand imbalances can all lead to parts shortages. When shortages are inevitable, our team will utilize professional insights with 15 years of market experience, promptly identify spot inventory globally and procures it for you, helping you win adjustment time and overcome crises. Simultaneously, based on factors like material lead times, popularity, cost, and project specificity, we collaborate with the supply chain upstream and downstream to devise rational inventory plans, maximize stock levels, rapidly design according to market and supply chain predictions, and actively seek pin-to-pin substitutes wherever possible to alleviate demand pressures.
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2009-2010
Rapid turnaround after an economic crisis.
Texas Instruments, ALTERA, and other brands are experiencing widespread shortages, affecting almost all brands, for over 26 weeks.
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March, 2011
Japan earthquake
Japan experienced a devastating earthquake, leading to widespread shortages in Japanese-branded materials, causing a surge in prices. Japan, as a major supplier of integrated circuit materials, it significantly impacted lead times for all BGA-packaged products, therefor leading to price surges. -
October 2011
The unprecedented massive flooding in Thailand.
Thailand is one of the key packaging countries, the flooding has led to a comprehensive shortage of various materials, particularly hard drives. With major PC manufacturers stocking up, prices have surged by over 80%. MICROCHIP and ROHM are also experiencing widespread shortages, leading to price surges.
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In 2013
a fire at SK-HYNIX's Wuxi factory
This large-scale fire has affected the entire memory industry, causing a supply-demand imbalance in memory chips. The prices of memory chips have surged by over 40%, persisting until 2014. -
in 2015
global surge in smartphone shipments.
Sony's COMS sensor chip shortage has led to a supply imbalance in downstream COMS sensor supplies. Virtually all camera module brands have experienced an unprecedented shortage-induced price surge. -
2016 to 2019
The resurgence of NOR flash and MLCC
RENESAS's automotive MCUs faced widespread shortages, forcing automotive manufacturers to adjust. NOR FLASH faced shortages in small capacities, coupled with low 3D NAND production and reduced 2D NAND production. Meanwhile, the surge in smartphone shipments led to significant shortages and price hikes. ST's 32-bit microcontrollers also faced long-term shortages and price hikes due to the explosive growth of shared bicycles. -
2020 to 2022
the combination of the pandemic, fires, and global chip
hortages resulted in dramatic increases in materials related to ventilators and infrared thermometers. ST's MCUs, particularly the F0/F1 series, experienced shortages and price hikes ranging from 30% to 100%. The fire at AKM's factory led to significant price hikes, even up to several times or a hundred times, for audio chips, setting new records in the industry's shortage history and challenging people's perceptions of shortages. -
2023 and 2024
an inadequate global demand for flash memory chips
Since early 2024, the three major DRAM leaders have successively initiated production reduction measures to address the insufficient global demand for flash memory chips. Additionally, in the latter half of 2023, there were reports of Samsung's plans for further production cuts. After accounting for the cumulative production reductions by major DRAM manufacturers, it is expected that the supply volume of the DRAM market in the fourth quarter will decrease by 20% compared to the third quarter.
1. Tight supply of wafers
2. Tight supply of wafers
3. Production stoppage and reduction caused by economic laws
4. Downstream demand is experiencing explosive growth, disrupting supply-demand balance
5. Shortages caused by possible human factors
