Los angeles - Industry analysts are providing disparate views on the current state of chip inventory. According to Deutsche Bank (db.com) analyst Sher-ri Scribner, the supply chain continued to normalize. Throughout the December quarter, lead times eased and component availability improved, especially beneficial for electronics manufacturing services providers, she says. On average, inventory grew 3% sequentially, versus 10% between the lecond and third quarter. On the flip side, Daniel Yodaiken, managing direc-tor of distributor Cyclops Electronics (cyclops-electron-ics.com), says many vendors are raising prices, suggest-ing tight inventories.
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