Covid19 damaged the Semiconductor industry.
The weak demand in 2020 made many silicon companies stop producing and simply sell what they had in stock.
Now that the economy is reviving, they can’t start producing again because the raw materials are also missing. Restarting the industry takes time and in the meantime even basic voltage regulators and digital logic are missing on the market.
The DDR memory prices became x2 times higher. The 7 and 10″ LCDs vanished from the market due to the high demand for tablets for remote learning.
Microcontrollers from ST, NXP, Microchip are with lead times of 45 weeks!
This is why we at Olimex decided to write off 2021 as a year for electronics manufacturing and to move out for the next 45 weeks to Caribbean beaches!
Looking forward to see you again in 2022!
olimex 
Apr 01, 2021 @ 10:02:58
Have fun until the next April 1st:-)
Apr 01, 2021 @ 10:12:47
thanks!
Apr 01, 2021 @ 11:55:30
Makes perfectly sense!
Nice people, nice climate, nice foods, and [abundant silicon based raw materials][1] for helping alleviate the shortage.
So just start digging, and make sure to throw in a sand castle or two for the fun of it ;).
Oh, and make sure to look out for [alternative semiconductors][2] while digging.
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Enjoy your time off,
Mikkel
[1]: From Sand to Silicon: The Making of a Microchip: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_VMYPLXnd7E
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_materials#Table_of_semiconductor_materials
Apr 01, 2021 @ 10:07:07
Hi,
take some margin, 52 wweek is better.
Apr 01, 2021 @ 10:14:17
aah 52 weeks without working seems too much to me!
Apr 01, 2021 @ 12:00:01
This is delay for 2012 crystal from distributor !
Apr 01, 2021 @ 19:21:40
I tought the products of Olimex were not too expensive, but if you can afford 45 weeks Caribean, I guess we still paid too much for them 🙂
Apr 02, 2021 @ 12:24:33
to be honest never have been there, but I’ve read somewhere that in Domenica, Cuba, Beliez you can live comfortable with around $1000 per month which is not much different than here in Bulgaria 🙂
Jun 30, 2021 @ 14:19:27
Spain is the best place in Europe. It is not required to leave for the Caribbean when there are Canary Islands. Here we need industrial positive temperature ranges for Olimex products, since it is very hot all year round.