While delivery of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) had to take four months when shortages were at their worst in the fourth quarter of last year, currently currently deliver takes 1.5-2 months since demand from the PC sector has weakened in the first quarter due to seasonality, industry sources said yesterday.
Supply is still tight, compared to the first half of 2005, when clients could take prompt delivery, the sources said, adding that Taiwan's distributors source MLCCs from Japan.
Article translated by Rodney Chan and edited by Rodney Chan
