EOL: The Chip Shortage You Don’t See Coming
As the global semiconductor industry breaks ground on dozens of new fabs, there’s a side effect that chip makers don’t like to advertise: product obsolescence. Current supply chain dynamics could drive a large number of end-of-life (EOL) semiconductors into short supply. Typically, when demand and margins for a semiconductor line start to decline, chip makers phase out production but give users the opportunity for a last-time-buy (LTB). The production volume of LTB devices is based largely on customer forecasts.
