Micron CEO warns the chip shortage is set to continue
Despite the good news around graphics card prices, the PC market still faces significant headwinds. The fallout from the pandemic, Chinese factory shutdowns and high oil prices mean that the cost of a PC remains higher than it should be, and if the words of Micron’s CEO Sanjay Mehrotra turn out to be true, some PC parts could soon cost even more than they do now.
Mehrotra was interviewed by Fox Business (via wccftech) stating that «There are parts of the chip shortage that will continue to improve as we go through calendar year 2022 and some parts of this will continue into 2023 as well. Of course, Micron continues to make the necessary investments to meet the demand growth that our customers are bringing to us.»
Micron is mostly known for its memory products including DRAM and NAND flash which are obviously key components in all PCs. If things like Covid related shutdowns continue on and off, then supply is indeed likely to be disrupted for the foreseeable future. The price of DDR5 memory is falling but it remains high compared to DDR4. Given that Micron is one of few DRAM manufacturers, it doesn’t bode well for pricing going forward.
Micron is set to invest over $150 billion over the next decade, ramping up its commitment in research, development manufacturing. That's all long term though and won't have much effect during 2022. One thing it won’t be doing, at least in the shorter term, is producing Ballistix memory. Sadly, Micron killed off its long running Ballistix memory brand, instead choosing to focus on supplying other RAM manufacturers.
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