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Arrow Electronics’ director of global product management-semiconductor, Olaf Korn, explains how 2026’s chip supply chain is being redrawn by geopolitics, AI-driven demand and capacity constraints
What happened
Arrow Electronics' Olaf Korn reports that AI-driven demand surges are causing wafer shortages in advanced nodes, reversing historical price declines. Geopolitical tensions and capacity constraints are driving risk premiums, prompting buyers to shift from TCO to price-based models. Bullish: Supply tightness and price uptrend.
Impact and signal
Medium impactImpact score: 65/100
Affected components and suppliers
Advanced Process NodesAI Chips
IDMsFoundries
shortageprice-hikeAI-demandgeopolitics
Source and time
Source: Electronics Sourcing · 4/16/2026 · View original source
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