Tag: Semiconductors

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Analysts predict semiconductor sales to reach $680 billion

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

date2 years ago
The EU plans to ease rules and hopefully fund advanced chip plants

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

date2 years ago
Intel Loihi 2 neuromorphic chip boosts performance by ten times

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

date3 years ago
2023 will see a chip glut due to overcapacity

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

date3 years ago
China’s SMIC to build a new Shanghai plant

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

date3 years ago
Car chip shortage ease, smartphones could be next

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

date3 years ago
ASML’s second-quarter net profits rise by 38% as demand rallies

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

date3 years ago
TSMC expects global chip shortage to ease in the coming months

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

date3 years ago
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