The COVID-19 outbreak led to global supply chain disruption in the first half of 2020. As manufacturing capacity and logistics have returned to normal and the whole world has spent more time working, studying, and entertaining from home, worldwide shipments of notebook PCs and other IT devices have picked up in 2021, resulting in a tight supply of key components. Global chip shortage has not only affected existing IT products but also disrupted other industries, especially the automotive industry.
As the pandemic continues, this report analyzes the changes in demand for IT products amid the pandemic and provides global IT shipment forecasts for 2021, including notebook PC, desktop PC, smartphone, and 5G CPE (Customer Premise Equipment); looks into the causes of global chip shortage and examines its impact on the automotive industry.
List of Topics
- Changes in market demand of IT products amid COVID-19
- 2021 industry shipment forecast for IT products, including notebook PC, desktop PC, smartphone, and 5G CPE (Customer Premises Equipment)
- Demand-supply gap analysis in the global semiconductor market, touching on the causes and effects of automotive chip shortage
Table of Contents
1. IT Product Market Demand in 2021 Amid COVID-19
1.1 Remote Applications Continue to Fuel Global IT Demand
1.2 Global Communications Market Growing on 5G Smartphone and WFH Demand
2. Demand-Supply Gap Analysis of the Global Semiconductor Market
3. Causes of Automotive Semiconductor Shortage
4. Analyst Perspective
4.1 Chip Shortage Likely to Cause Price Spikes and Shipment Delays
4.2 Excessive Orders to Affect Post-pandemic Demand
4.3 Global Chip Shortage Affected by COVID-19 and U.S.-China Relations
4.4 Automakers Cut Production amid Global Chip Shortage
Appendix
List of Companies
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Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Audi
- BMW
- Bosch
- China Resources Microelectronics
- Continental
- Daimler
- Ford
- GlobalFoundries
- GM
- Honda
- Hua Hong Semiconductor
- Hyundai
- Infineon
- Intel
- KIA
- Micron Technology
- Nissan
- NXP
- ON Semiconductor
- Renesas
- Rohm Semiconductor
- Samsung
- SMIC
- STMicroelectronics
- TI
- Toshiba
- Tower Semiconductor
- TSMC
- UMC
- VIS
- Volkswagen<BR
Methodology
Primary research with a holistic, cross-domain approach
The exhaustive primary research methods are central to the value that the analyst delivers. A combination of questionnaires and on-site visits to the major manufacturers provides a first view of the latest data and trends. Information is subsequently validated by interviews with the manufacturers' suppliers and customers, covering a holistic industry value chain. This process is backed up by a cross-domain team-based approach, creating an interlaced network across numerous interrelated components and system-level devices to ensure statistical integrity and provide in-depth insight.
Complementing primary research is a running database and secondary research of industry and market information. Dedicated research into the macro-environmental trends shaping the ICT industry also allows the analyst to forecast future development trends and generate foresight perspectives. With more than 20 years of experience and endeavors in research, the methods and methodologies include:
Method
- Component supplier interviews
- System supplier interviews
- User interviews
- Channel interviews
- IPO interviews
- Focus groups
- Consumer surveys
- Production databases
- Financial data
- Custom databases
Methodology
- Technology forecasting and assessment
- Product assessment and selection
- Product life cycles
- Added value analysis
- Market trends
- Scenario analysis
- Competitor analysis
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