Read MoreTwo of the sources who spoke to Reuters are Toyota engineers and the others are at companies involved in the chip business. Inventories of MCU chips - which often combine multiple technologies, CPUs, flash memory and other devices - are held for Toyota by parts suppliers such as Denso, which is partially owned by Toyota Group, chip makers like Renesas and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and chip traders. One of the sources involved in semiconductor supply, said Toyota and its affiliates had become “extra risk averse and sensitive” to the impact of climate change. “This basic approach sets us apart,” said one of the sources, a Toyota engineer. Toyota designed and manufactured its own MCUs and other chips for three decades until it transferred its chip-making plant to Denso in 2019 to consolidate the supplier’s operations.

Source: Standard Digital March 09, 2021 11:15 UTC