Rising Prices for Electronic Components: The Full Story

By Logan Wamsley

The current component shortage has had a profound effect in all aspects of supply chains. Suppliers’ inability to increase capacity to meet demand in the automotive and IoT markets, for example, has extended lead times to unmanageable levels. In some cases, passives for once commoditized components such as MLCCs and resistors have been reported to…

How Is the Current Component Shortage Affecting Healthcare OEMs?

By Logan Wamsley

Back in 2007, the National Association of Home Builders and Bank of America combined their resources to produce an intriguing list of the longest-lasting electronic products in the average household. Among the top candidates were refrigerators and dryers at 13 years, garbage disposals at 12 years, and water heaters at 11 years. If you were…