Despite Uncertainty, Long-Term Semiconductor Market Outlook Remains Bright
This year, SEMI ISS covered it all – from a high-level semiconductor market and global geopolitical overview down to the neuro morphic and quantum level. Here are key takeaways from the Day 1 keynote and Economic Trends and Market Perspectives...
IC Design Leads China’s IC Ecosystem Development
IC design has emerged as the largest semiconductor sector in China, with 2017 revenues of $31.9 billion generated by about 1,380 companies. At the same time, China’s fabless segment has risen to third in global rankings with about one-tenth of...
Tracking the Changing OSAT Market
Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) service providers experienced strong growth in 2017, but will this growth continue? In the last few years, OSAT growth has been driven by shipments for packages found in smartphones, but this market...
Data Storage and Automotive Continue to Drive Fab Investment into 2019
Device manufacturers continue to invest. Spending in cloud data center (compute, networking and storage), automotive (content per car increases), industrial (on content, factory automation, and positive macro trends), and consumer (gaming)...