The recruitment process for the new year is in full swing, and many companies not only face the problem of shortage of personnel, but also the problem of chip shortage, which is a headache for many business owners

         Recently, many people's social media have been buzzing with "price hikes". This is the most intense wave of price hikes today. Plastic prices have risen by 35%, labor costs have risen by 5-15%, copper/iron prices have risen by 30%, circuit board and shipping costs have risen by 30%, stainless steel prices have risen by 45%, and aluminum materials have risen by 37%. The world's largest silicon wafer fab has been raising prices for left and right silicon by 10% -20% since April. Semiconductor silicon is the basic material of semiconductors, and semiconductors such as MOS tubes have been rising since October last year, with a slight correction in the middle, but they will soon be pulled up again. It is expected that prices will continue to rise in the first half of this year and before the middle of the year. The price hikes are also accompanied by shortages. Now, passive components (MOS) The delivery cycle of manufacturers is getting longer and their quotations are becoming more and more frequent. The prices for ordering and shipping are not the same, and many buyers feel that the supplier is selling MOS tubes at a lower price. This is really unfair to the supplier, The increase in upstream raw material prices has led to internal consumption, and we can only raise prices with downstream buyers