Chip conflict deepens as Nexperia pauses wafer shipments to China facility

Nexperia has stopped sending wafers to its assembly factory in China after the China unit refused to make payments, saying the Chinese entities were no longer operating under its corporate governance rules. Management said instructions issued from the global headquarters were not being followed, so the chipmaker told customers on October 29 that shipments to the facility were halted, according to Bloomberg, a decision that exposed internal conflict inside the chipmaker at a time when the global semiconductor supply chain is already under stress. Nexperia supplies power and control chips used in vehicles made by companies including Volkswagen and BMW. Management said instructions issued from the global headquarters were not being followed. The company said: “We cannot oversee if and when products from our facility in China will be delivered. Given the missing transparency and oversight over the manufacturing processes we cannot guarantee the intellectual property, technology, authenticity and quality...

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