Go virtual. x86 servers are still 5-8 weeks from our usual suppliers, although some NICs are 12 weeks and DC Power Supplies are also 52-weeks/'no-idea'.
-- Tom On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:21 AM Ryan Wilkins <r...@deadfrog.net> wrote: > 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 <j...@netbyjoe.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > 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. >
