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Component supply constraints may push up phone prices: Industry experts

Festive season this year is likely to see fewer launches by smartphone companies and prices of existing devices could rise by 7-10 per cent as players are grappling with severe shortage of components

Chip shortage: What caused it and how will this impact you & industry?

In this podcast, we discussed why there is a semiconductor shortage and what are its impact

Semiconductor chip shortage may keep Maruti Suzuki's margin in check

Declining trend in royalty payment unlikely to cushion the fall

BMW, Daimler may keep up prices even after chip shortage crisis

Automakers Daimler and BMW are planning to limit the volume of premium models they ship even as chip shortages wane across the industry

Reliance Jio delays launch of low-cost smartphone amid chip shortage

The 4G-enabled smartphone, to be priced below Rs 5,000, is crucial to Jio's strategy as it aims to win over 300 million 2G customers

Semiconductor shortage effect: Auto wholesale dip 11% in August, says SIAM

The total wholesales across categories, excluding commercial vehicles, declined to 1,586,873 units last month, compared to 1,790,115 units in August 2020.

India may continue to face chip crunch for mobile devices for 6 more months

This will hit the affordable 4G segment phones particularly hard as they use a lot of low-priced high nanometer chips which are in even more short supply

Chip shortage pushes Reliance, Google to delay India smartphone launch

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries delayed the launch of a low-cost smartphone it is developing with Google to November, citing an industry-wide semiconductor shortage.

Chip shortage hits domestic auto wholesales in August; dispatches dip 11%

Automobile wholesales in India declined 11 per cent year-on-year in August, as the semiconductor shortage hit production processes across the industry, SIAM said on Friday.

Toyota Motor cuts production target by 3% on parts and chips shortages

Toyota Motor Corp cut its annual production target by 300,000 vehicles on Friday as rising Covid slowed output at parts factories in Vietnam and Malaysia, compounding a global shortage of auto chips.

Toyota cuts annual car production target on parts and chips shortages

The Japanese car maker now expects to build 9 million vehicles in the year to March 31, rather than 9.3 million

JioPhone launch in Sept delayed due to chip crisis, 'advanced testing'

The much-awaited affordable smartphone 'JioPhone Next' is in advanced trials and its festive season roll-out will commence before Diwali, according to a statement by Jio

Chip crunch may last a year as demand remains robust, says IMI CEO

Automakers from Toyota Motor Corp. to General Motors Co. have been ensnared by the chip shortage, forcing many to cut vehicle output

Facebook is developing a machine learning chip, says report

The company has developed another chip for video transcoding to improve the experience of watching recorded and live-streamed videos on its apps, according to the report

Top headlines: Rs 10,683-cr PLI for textiles; 8% dip in Maruti's production

Business Standard brings you the top stories this evening

Daimler CEO says carmakers could face chip shortage into 2023

"Several chip suppliers have been referring to structural problems with demand," Ola Källenius told reporters during a roundtable event ahead of the Munich IAA car show

Tesla's output in China halted for days in August over chip shortage

In China, Tesla shipped around 33,000 electric cars locally and to overseas markets in July

After Maruti, Mahindra warns of 20-25% production loss due to chip shortage

Most other auto firms in India including Tata Motors, Hyundai Motors, Kia Motors, Nissan, Renault and Honda Cars have either already curbed production or will do so soon

M&M to halt production for 7 days due to chip shortage, sees 25% output cut

The announcement by Mahindra comes barely a few days after a similar move by market leader Maruti Suzuki India, which expects production to be lower by 40% in the current month

M&M shares slip 2% as company stares at production cut due to chip shortage

Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday slipped over 2 per cent after the company said its production will be cut by up to 25 per cent due to semiconductor shortage. The stock declined 2.29 per cent to close at Rs 752.50 on BSE. During the day, it dipped 2.60 per cent to Rs 750.10. It was the biggest drag among the BSE 30-share frontline companies list. At NSE, it went lower by 2.26 per cent to close at Rs 752.45. In a regulatory filing, the company said its automotive division continues to face a supply shortage of semiconductors, which further accentuated due to COVID-19 lockdowns in some parts of the world. "Consequently, the company will be observing 'No Production Days' of around 7 days in its automotive division plants in the month of September 2021," it added. The move is estimated to result in a "reduction in production volumes of the automotive division in September 2021, by 20-25 per cent", it said. In August, the company sold 15,973 units of passenger vehicles in th