Well..... not sure if these microcontrollers are used in Å kodas but seems the short term shortage of certain red and blue paint pigments, bluetooth modules and reversing sensors are but the tip of the iceberg for things to come:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/05/japanese-parts-paralysis-and-now-the-great-chip-famine/

Automakers in Japan are slowly crawling back to normal. However, they are in for another after shock, and this one could be quite serious: Yasushi Akao, President of chipmaker Renesas said today that supplies of microcontrollers from his company will be in serious trouble come June. According to The Nikkei _{, “stocks are expected to run out next month as operations at the firm’s Naka plant in Ibaraki Prefecture have been suspended since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11.†Renesas microcontrollers are the chips of choice of many car companies who use them in their on-board electronics. Toyota is known to be a large customer of Renesas.}

_{Why the shortage with a 3 months delay after the earthquake? As reported earlier, chips take months to “grow.†The Naka fab of Renesas accounts for about 25 percent of its global automotive microcontroller capacity. It had been closed after the earthquake. Naka is what’s called a “front-end line†fab, which does the early steps of IC production. The fab is scheduled to re-open in June.}

_{But: Chips started from scratch in June will ship sometime in August – if left unimpeded by power outages. The supply that runs out in June is mostly from production that had been started before the quake. There will be a dry season for chips through early fall.}

_{As previously announced, Renesas will ration the chips, or make that, “supply microcontrollers to its customers based on historical business ties,†as Akao put it.}

_{So to any ditherers get your orders in now and for those that have ordered already I trust you get all you ordered in the timeframe allowed and this does not mean more delays and/or deletion of certain options/features.}

Well..... not sure if these microcontrollers are used in Å kodas but seems the short term shortage of certain red and blue paint pigments, bluetooth modules and reversing sensors are but the tip of the iceberg for things to come:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/05/japanese-parts-paralysis-and-now-the-great-chip-famine/

Automakers in Japan are slowly crawling back to normal. However, they are in for another after shock, and this one could be quite serious: Yasushi Akao, President of chipmaker Renesas said today that supplies of microcontrollers from his company will be in serious trouble come June. According to The Nikkei _{, “stocks are expected to run out next month as operations at the firm’s Naka plant in Ibaraki Prefecture have been suspended since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11.†Renesas microcontrollers are the chips of choice of many car companies who use them in their on-board electronics. Toyota is known to be a large customer of Renesas.}

_{Why the shortage with a 3 months delay after the earthquake? As reported earlier, chips take months to “grow.†The Naka fab of Renesas accounts for about 25 percent of its global automotive microcontroller capacity. It had been closed after the earthquake. Naka is what’s called a “front-end line†fab, which does the early steps of IC production. The fab is scheduled to re-open in June.}

_{But: Chips started from scratch in June will ship sometime in August – if left unimpeded by power outages. The supply that runs out in June is mostly from production that had been started before the quake. There will be a dry season for chips through early fall.}

_{As previously announced, Renesas will ration the chips, or make that, “supply microcontrollers to its customers based on historical business ties,†as Akao put it.}

_{So to any ditherers get your orders in now and for those that have ordered already I trust you get all you ordered in the timeframe allowed and this does not mean more delays and/or deletion of certain options/features.}

_{I've been told that's the reason that the electrics for my towbar are delayed. :(}

_Fred

My old dad bought a new Fabia estate earlier this year, and has had trouble with a sensor that does some measuring of exhaust gases and makes adjustments to fuel supply or something like that. Skoda dealers perfectly happy to replace the sensor under warranty, decided that the original was of faulty manufacture, but it took them best part of two months to actually get one ... made in Japan!

Renesas will ration the chips, or make that, “supply microcontrollers to its customers based on historical business ties,” as Akao put it.

Translation: Japanese automakers will get their parts first. Gaijins get to the back of the queue. Koreans get none.

Translation: Japanese automakers will get their parts first. Gaijins get to the back of the queue. Koreans get none.

GAIJINS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaijin

Had to look it up obviously you are fluent in Japanese !!!!

Cold here at dawn this morning and when I walked down for my Yorkshire Post the newsagent said there was a nip in the air.

I said thats what they said at Pearl Harbour.

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GAIJINS

Had to look it up obviously you are fluent in Japanese !!!!

Not fluent in Japanese language, just in dealing with Japanese in general and in business in particular.

Not fluent, but I had a Japanese girlfriend for about 9 months some 12 years or so ago, and visited Japan for 2 months. Picked up a few interesting phrases ... most of which I've forgotten.

Not fluent, but I had a Japanese girlfriend for about 9 months some 12 years or so ago, and visited Japan for 2 months. Picked up a few interesting phrases

aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr SSSsooooooooo

Does that make me Fluent