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The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has urged Thai entrepreneurs, particularly those in the automotive, automation and electronics sectors, to prepare a Plan B as chip shortages loom.

President Joe Biden said on Monday that he expects to have talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as Washington seeks to ease the US dependence on Chinese-made chips.

US President Joe Biden’s trip to Asia and his choice of South Korea as his first stop underscore Washington’s willingness to address global supply chain uncertainties largely posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, along with efforts to counter dependence on China.

Samsung Electronics and its tech foundation said Tuesday they are spending a combined 48.65 billion won ($40 million) this year to fund 27 new research projects on futuristic technologies from anti-aging to new materials for chips.

Thailand exported 149,284 cars in the first two months this year, down 2.8 per cent year on year due to a microchip shortage, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) reports.

Conflict between Moscow, Kyiv likely to interrupt vital world supply chains for semiconductors

Development of high-end products to speed up amid fierce global competition

Crimped supplies are struggling to match growing demand amid accelerated digital transformation necessitated by Covid-19.

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor, like other major carmakers around the world, suffered big from global semiconductor shortages last year, despite wide growing demand for new vehicles. 

Samsung Electronics logged an operating income of 51.57 trillion won ($42.89 billion) for 2021, up 43.3 percent from a year prior, as its businesses ranging from semiconductor chip to smartphones and home appliances have seen a surge in global demand, its preliminary filing showed Friday.

Samsung Electronics will invest $17 billion into its foundry sector, a business that makes money by manufacturing chips clients have designed. But some experts say that despite the staggering size of the investment, the South Korean tech giant is unlikely to challenge the global foundry race led by TSMC.

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. on Tuesday submitted information on their chip businesses to the United States but withheld some key data considered trade secrets in an apparent delicate balancing act.