Expansion dock HUB chip price surge is coming

As laptops are becoming thinner and lighter now, naturally, the ports of laptops are decreasing. Many ultrabooks have eliminated the network cable port, HDMI port, and even USB port, leaving only one or two ports. Some Type-c interface. The expansion dock (HUB) market turned out, HUB expansion dock, a product without soul.

Then the importance of the docking station is self-evident, but I believe that many friends who need to buy the docking station will find out why the price of the docking station with the same interface function is only 4,50 and some are expensive. Is it 100+ or ​​even more? Of course, the most important thing is the chip gap. Yes, generally speaking, the more expensive the docking station uses the built-in chip connection, the more stable the connection, the higher the standby number, the better the quality, and some too cheap extensions Docking stations often have unstable connections and disconnects after a few months.

At present, the main HUB chips on the market are divided into several sections, namely HD video conversion, USB expansion, digital audio, Ethernet conversion, PD charging, SD card reader, etc. The main chip supplier chain is American Cypress, Microchip, VIA (Taiwan VIA Electronics); Taiwan Genesys Logic, Taiwan Realtek, etc., the demand for Type-C transmission chips has surged! Type-C commonly used chip brands are released! At present, some domestically produced USB2.0 can meet the demand, but above USB2.0, Taiwanese and American chips are required.

Professionals pointed out that after the price increase in June and July, a new round of price increase cycle for HUB chips used in expansion docks and hubs has begun. The reason for this price increase can be summarized in four words: supply and demand mismatch. As the second wave of the epidemic in Europe becomes more serious, the market is worried that a large number of companies will adopt home offices to promote the demand for early consumption of some expansion docks. The demand side theoretically passively increases, and the iteration of downstream products will form demand momentum and supply. The end will be biased due to manufacturers’ capacity adjustments. When demand and supply growth rates are not completely matched, price changes will be triggered. This price increase will inevitably continue until the end of the year. The expansion of the dock HUB chip price surge will come. Whoever has the chip resources will have the opportunity to order once again!