Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

[Ryan Wilkins <ryan () deadfrog net>]

A company I work for designs a lot of our own hardware and we’ve had a number of critical components go EOL suddenly 
and without warning, such as FPGAs, ADCs, clock generators, and SOMs just to name a few.  Just a few weeks ago we were 
informed that a large order of FPGAs was not going to be filled at all and the order was cancelled.  Of the parts that 
aren’t EOL (yet), many have 52-week lead times which is just a place holder for “we have no idea when we’ll get these” 
and not an actual delivery estimate.  Older product lines and lower volume product lines are being cancelled.  We had 
an ADC go EOL because the only factory in Japan making this part burned down so not necessarily related to what we 
think of as supply chain issues, but it is of a different sort.

> On Apr 22, 2022, at 8:50 AM, Joe Freeman <joe () netbyjoe com> wrote:
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> Basically, anything that uses Broadcom or other commodity silicon is currently 55+ weeks out according to most of the 
> vendors I work with. Custom Silicon is a bit better or so I'm told, but I've not had to order much gear with custom 
> silicon lately, so I've not got a clear read on lead times there.
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> I wouldn't be surprised to see some recent gear go End of Sales early just because of component shortages and fabs 
> moving to produce the more in-demand parts over older less profitable parts.