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Intel CPU Shortages To Worsen in Q2 2019: Research (digitimes.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

Shortages of Intel's CPUs are expected to worsen in the second quarter compared to the first as demand for Chromebooks, which are mostly equipped with Intel's entry-level processors, enters the high period, according to Digitimes Research. From the report: Digitimes Research expects Intel CPUs' supply gap to shrink to 2-3% in the first quarter with Core i3 taking over Core i5 as the series hit hardest by shortages. The shortages started in August 2018 with major brands including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Lenovo all experiencing supply gaps of over 5% at their worst moment. Although most market watchers originally believed that the shortages would gradually ease after vendors completed their inventory preparations for the year-end holidays, the supply gap in the fourth quarter of 2018 still stayed at the same level as that in the third as HP launched a second wave of CPU inventory buildup during the last quarter of the year, prompting other vendors to follow suit. Taiwan-based vendors were underprepared and saw their supply gaps expand from a single digit percentage previously to over 10% in the fourth quarter. With all the impacts, the notebook market continued suffering a 4-5% supply gap in the fourth quarter of 2018.

5 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. No Worries... This Will Be Addressed Soon! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is not going to be a problem for much longer.

    In fact, Intel's 10nm process node will be ready for high volume full-scale production any day now!

  2. Microsoft making the problem worse by xack · · Score: 3, Insightful

    By ending Windows 7. A lot of perfectly good computers will be junked and will put a strain on intel and amd for "new" PCs.

    1. Re:Microsoft making the problem worse by The+Optimizer · · Score: 2

      Apparently that's a feature for Intel & Microsoft, etc and not a bug.

      Imagine the horror if everyone kept their current PC and OS twice as long .. maybe even as much as 1/5th the lifespan of a good toaster .. Quarterly revenue growth would be devastated and shareholders and the market would revolt. Can't have that now, can we?

  3. Sounds like a great time... by SuperKendall · · Score: 2

    ...for some companies to switch to ARM.

    Who is ready, I wonder?

    --
    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
  4. I don't see a problem. I see the opposite by melted · · Score: 4, Informative

    AMD Ryzen chips are pretty great right now, on both the low and the high end, and there's a significant update coming out mid-year. Moreover, at the low end they ship with much better integrated GPUs. And they're a bit cheaper, too.