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Onkyo to Start Product Production with Alternative DAC after fire at AKM factory. 3 AV Amplifier Products
Yahoo News Japan - December 17, 2020 - 小野佳希 Yoshiki Ono
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c8715f7c17353e08cbf1b2b58b8ad5033095bb60

Onkyo Home Entertainment Co., Ltd. announced that it is expected to continue production with alternative DACs in response to the difficulty in procuring DAC chips due to the fire at the semiconductor manufacturing plant of Asahi Kasei Electronics (AKM) that occurred in October. In this case, a fire at the AKM semiconductor manufacturing factory caused a problem that the procurement of the main DAC used in the company's audio products such as AV amplifiers became uncertain. It is expected that it will take a considerable amount of time to restore the AKM semiconductor manufacturing plant, and the production outlook for our products that use the parts has become uncertain. Onkyo, on the other hand, has reviewed the production plan for major products that use AKM DACs, while considering alternative DAC products and design changes from the time this problem occurred, and considered continuing production of the products. It was said that it was. As a result, it is expected that production will continue with alternative DACs for each product, and production is expected to start in March 2021. In the future, Malaysia's own factory Onkyo Asia Electronics Sdn. Bhd. and affiliated company S & O Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Will start production of the redesigned models worldwide. "We would like to express our deepest sympathies to Asahi Kasei Electronics Co., Ltd. for this fire accident and pray for the earliest possible recovery," he said. The target products are as follows:

■Onkyo Products
・TX-SR393(5.2ch AVアンプ)
・TX-NR696(7.2ch AVアンプ)
・HT-S3910(5.1ch ホームシアターセット)

■Pioneer Products
・VSX-834(7.2ch AVアンプ)パイオニアブランド製品
・VSX-834(7.2ch AVアンプ)

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