Analysts predict semiconductor sales to reach $680 billion
After the record-breaking sales of semiconductors in 2021, the sales are expected to be 11% higher at $680.6 billion this year
Analyst house IC Insights predicted that chip sales would break another in 2020. Following the billion-dollar sales of semiconductors in 2021, this year is expected to f... Read more
New chip design Samsung and IBM: ‘almost twice as strong and efficient’
Partners IBM and Samsung Electronics announced the development of a new chip design. By arranging a chip's transistors in an alternative way, the organizations claim to have a method for producing smartphones with week-long battery lives.
Most organizations with a stake in chip development inves... Read more
The EU plans to ease rules and hopefully fund advanced chip plants
The European Union may relax state-aid regulations to enable the funding of new chip plants to tackle shortages in the EU. The bloc’s competition chief said this on Thursday while contending with France for a no-holds-barred approach.
The bloc’s reliance on Asian chips has seen the EU hit by... Read more
Intel Loihi 2 neuromorphic chip boosts performance by ten times
Intel debuted a new neuromorphic chip dubbed Loihi 2, with 1 million artificial neurons made by using a bleeding-edge semiconductor manufacturing process that is not yet in production. The chip company says that Loihi 2 is up to 10 times faster than its previous neuromorphic iteration.
The unvei... Read more
2023 will see a chip glut due to overcapacity
IDC reports that the global semiconductor industry is showing signs of potential for overcapacity in 2023 as large-scale capacity expansion plans take off. Many of the expansion plans should start churning out chips towards the end of 2022.
Speaking about the industry’s prospects, IDC said tha... Read more
China’s SMIC to build a new Shanghai plant
China’s SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp) will invest $8.87 billion to build a plant in Shanghai. SMIC announced the news on Friday, saying it plans to expand capacity, amid a global shortage as Beijing aims to become independent in the sector.
The expansion by the countryâ... Read more
Car chip shortage ease, smartphones could be next
Analysts think that the 2020-21 semiconductor shortage could run well into next year and affect smartphone manufacturers next.
During an Automotive Press Association event in Detroit, the CEO of Stellantis (world’s no. 4 auto manufacturer), Carlos Tavares, said that the semiconductor crisis wi... Read more
ASML’s second-quarter net profits rise by 38% as demand rallies
One of the world's biggest semiconductors suppliers, ASML, had an optimistic 2021 sales outlook released on Wednesday, where it announced a new share buyback as sales went up. Given that we are in the middle of a chip shortage, it is not surprising that ASML is confident about the future.
On ear... Read more
TSMC expects global chip shortage to ease in the coming months
Improvements should come even in the current quarter, according to the company CEO.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. , the world’s largest contract chip maker, said it expects the chip shortage that has hampered car makers to start easing in the next few months after it ramped up its pro... Read more
Germany’s Bavaria is in talks with Intel to build a chip megafactory
The southern state of Bavaria, in Germany, is in talks with Intel, to build a large European chip factory, to deal with supply bottlenecks that have crippled production in the automotive industry. The news came from the local economy minister on Friday.
In recent months, Intel has been seeking 8... Read more