It's a nightmare. A broker in HK recently quoted me $71/ea for an industrial temp rated 10/100 Ethernet PHY (KSZ8081MNXIA) ... That is a roughly 50x markup. We're making a design change instead. I am now buying qty 500-1000 of any new part that is getting designed in, before the design is even started.
Our Analog Devices sales rep told me to expect another 12-18 months of everything being completely fucked. That was based on a conversation he recently had with TSMC. It's going to be super fun.
Oh yeah, I've told my manager it's only a matter of time until we get burned. So far we have had decent luck with Heisener and Win-Source but prices keep climbing.
Well.. we were just looking at Heisener for a Cypress chip, but can't decide whether to pull the trigger. Have you placed an order and received the product from them?
Yes, we successfully purchased a small quantity of Kinetis microcontrollers which were supposedly tested prior to shipping, those are going into assemblies right now so we'll see if they actually work.
Heisener is just a middleman so every transaction is different unfortunately.
Our Analog Devices sales rep told me to expect another 12-18 months of everything being completely fucked. That was based on a conversation he recently had with TSMC. It's going to be super fun.