2020 strikes again: AKM Factory Fire / Asahi Kasei Microsystems effectively out of business

Global supplies of the following DAC chips have been confirmed as affected: AK4332, AK4331, AK4432, AK4382, AK4385, AK4373, AK4396, AK4431, AK4456, AK4490, AK4493, AK4495 series - as well as the following being reported as ‘potentially affected’: AK5384, AK5385, AK5386, AK5397, AK5534 series.

4497 and 4499 chips looks like are made at a different factory. So it will be interesting to see if more DACs will come out with versions that use those.

Also, what a difference a title makes as this was posted a while ago:

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