Chip suppliers asking downstream vendors, OEMs to place long-term orders

Chipset suppliers are asking downstream vendors and OEMs to place long-term chip orders of up to 6-12 months on concerns that wafer production will remain tight in fourth-quarter 2014 and first-quarter 2015, which may affect chip production, according to industry sources.

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