Quote from: roc-noc on August 14, 2018, 02:51:04 PM

Quote from: mineroc on August 14, 2018, 03:29:37 AM

Quote from: roc-noc on August 13, 2018, 03:48:07 PM

Quote from: mineroc on August 11, 2018, 02:31:15 PM

I, for one am glad I got in b4 the 25% Trump tariff on semi-conductors...

Though perhaps Xilinx builds in Taiwan?

The tariff is paid when the product moves from China to the US (imported), not when the product is purchased.

Point being? You think xilinx uses all made in USA components? I don't even know if they assemble domestically.

That is my point. We could be screwed with the Xilinx delay. If they are assembled in China, and arrive after the tarrifs are in place.... someone will have to pay the 25% tarrifs. And I can't imagine that would be Xilinx.

They weren't / aren't being assembled in china to my knowledge. Also, to my knowledge, none of the component manufacturers are manufacturing in china.

Right now there is a worldwide shortage of components. From what I've gathered it's because of a global increase in production of various electronics. However, the component manufacturers did not / have not ramp production to meet supply requirements for the increase. It's because last time this happened it was followed by a recession and the component manufacturers were left with a bunch of stock they couldn't sell. This time around they didn't ramp production out of fear the ramp would be followed by a recession.