Keysight's delivery cycle is extended due to chip shortage, but it promises to give priority to TSMC

Due to the chip shortage, Keysight Technologies, a manufacturer of semiconductor wafer front-end testing equipment, has extended its delivery cycle to 6 months, but in terms of supply order, it will give priority to TSMC, the company's largest customer, to support the advancement of TSMC's advanced processes below 5 nanometers.

In addition to TSMC, Keysight Technologies Taiwan's customers also include major wafer foundry and packaging and testing companies such as UMC and King Yuan Electronics.

In recent years, Keysight Technologies has developed rapidly. With the accelerated implementation of 5G, Keysight Technologies' revenue in Greater China surpassed North America for the first time in 2020, which is enough to illustrate the important strategic position of the Greater China market in the development of the company. In 2020, Keysight Technologies' revenue was US$4.2 billion, an annual growth of 8%.

In addition to its deep cultivation in the fields of communications, aerospace, and electronics, Keysight Technologies is also actively deploying in emerging fields such as new energy vehicles. In addition to joining the MIH platform alliance promoted by Foxconn, it has also cooperated with car manufacturers such as SAIC, BYD, and BMW in Germany to deploy electric vehicle battery measurement applications. From battery cells, battery modules to battery packs, measurement equipment is ready, and it is also actively involved in electric vehicle battery management system (BMS) measurement. In order to strengthen its measurement technology in the automotive field, Keysight acquired ScienLab in 2017 to strengthen the measurement technology of electric vehicle batteries, modules, battery packs, and battery management systems.