ST, TI, Infineon, NXP, Microchip Popular Chips Market

Since the second quarter of 2022, the price of some chips has been rising for a long time, and although the price has fallen, it is still higher than the normal price; some chips have attracted a lot of traffic in a short period of time, and then the price has dropped rapidly due to sluggish demand. This article analyzes the brands of ST, TI, Infineon, NXP and Microchip to see which chips have long-term high prices and which chips have skyrocketed in the short term.

1. High-priced Chips

ST STM32F103xx series

The price of the STM32F103 series started a new round of skyrocketing around February 22, and the high price dropped rapidly after 1-2 months, but the current price is still higher than the normal price. During the skyrocketing period, the price of the STM32F103VET6 with the highest price increase was 25 times higher, and the highest price of the STM32F103C8T6 of the same series was 9 times higher than the normal price.

STM32F103 is a mid-to-low-end 32-bit MCU and is used in various fields such as sales node machines, USB devices, building security/fire protection, and home appliances.

ST STM32F407xx series

The price of the STM32F407 series has remained high since the March 21 boom. The peak price increase of STM32F407VET6 is nearly 6 times higher than the normal price. Although the price has been reduced, it is still 1 times higher than the normal price. The highest price of STM32F407VGT6 is 6.5 times higher than the normal price.

As a high-performance model of ST 32-bit MCU, the STM32F407xx series is used in industrial applications such as motor drive control, medical equipment, circuit breakers, printers and scanners, and alarm systems.

Infineon SAK-TC277TP-64F200N DC

The market price of Infineon once soared dozens of times. Although the prices of many models have fallen recently, the prices of individual models are still very high.

The price of SAK-TC277TP-64F200N DC chip ushered in a sudden increase in January 22nd and has continued to this day. Under the impact of the shortage of automotive chips, there is still a period of time before the chips return to normal prices.

As Infineon's powerful 32-bit MCU model, SAK-TC277TP-64F200N DC is Infineon's first generation of Aurix TC27xT products, mainly used in motor control, multi-axis helicopters, wireless charging, industrial robots, gasoline direct injection, diesel Direct injection, DC/DC converter, (H)EV main inverter, etc.

NXP MCIMX6U7CVM08AD

The official website price of MCIMX6U7CVM08AD is 27.48 US dollars, which has increased sharply since January 2022, and then rose again after a sudden drop in half in April, and it still maintains a high price. However, in September, NXP reported that it had raised the quotation of automotive chips, and the high price of the chip is expected to continue.

MCIMX6U7CVM08AD is NXP's i.MX 6 series 32-bit MPU, which is used in automotive, industrial control, mobile consumer electronics, smart home, etc.

2. Chips with a fleeting price increase

TI TPS92692&TPS92662

TPS92692 and TPS92662 are two TI chips used in automotive LED lights. Both of them started to rise in December 21, and soared all the way to the peak in March 22. Among them, TPS92692 surged 163 times, and the price increase of both models broke through. 100 times.

But the high price only lasted for two months, with both models dropping rapidly in May. At present, TPS92662 is still slightly higher than the normal price, but the difference is not large, and TPS92692 has returned to the normal price level.

The TPS92662A-Q1 is used in automotive headlamp systems, ADB or glare-free high beams, continuous turn/animated daytime running lights. The TPS92692 is a high-precision LED driver, divided into TPS92692 and TPS92692-Q1, of which TPS92692-Q1 has passed the AEC-Q100 certification and is used for automotive exterior lighting.

NXP SPC5606BK0MLQ6

The price of SPC5606BK0MLQ6 has been relatively stable before, but it suddenly soared in April 2022, and it reached a super high price of more than 20,000 in May. However, it began to fall rapidly in the second month. Although the price is still much higher than the normal price, the market popularity and price have dropped several times.

The SPC5606BK0MLQ6 is an NXP 32-bit automotive-grade MCU that belongs to the MPC560xB series and is used in automotive battery management systems (BMS), gateways, heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and industrial human-machine interfaces.

Infineon SAK-TC234L-32F200N AC

The SAK-TC234L-32F200N AC price has remained stable, but suddenly doubled in May 22 and peaked in June. However, the price increase of the chip has only lasted for three months and has now fallen back to the previous level.

SAK-TC234L-32F200N AC is mainly used in industrial and security fields.

Microchip ATMEGA328P-AU

The price of ATMEGA328P-AU suddenly soared in February 2022, but began to fall in March and quickly returned to the normal price within 4 months.

ATMEGA328P-AU is an AVR series 8-bit microcontroller from ATMEL of Microchip, with low power consumption and high performance, it is officially recommended for use in automobiles, and the official price is about 2.5 US dollars.