AMD says it is doing ‘everything possible’ to mitigate chip shortage, has made ‘significant investments’ in supply chain

American semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) says it is doing everything possible “to drive global semiconductor availability”.

“We have made significant investments in just about every element of our supply chain to ensure we are not just able to get the supply that we think that we need, but also investing to build additional capacity for our suppliers,” David McAfee, Corporate VP, Product Management and Marketing at AMD told indianexpress.com in a call from Austin, Texas. “It’s something that has been an enormous focus area,” McAfee added.

A global semiconductor shortage of chips has impacted everything from PCs and automobiles to game consoles. Global demand for chips, the “brain” inside a variety of electronic products, is far exceeding the supply with the pandemic changing use cases in many ways.