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Samsung heading to become no. 1 chip vendor amid investing hugely in giga semiconductor and OLED fabs
Samsung has started volume production and shipping of 64 layer 3-D V-NAND with storage capacity of 256 Gb from its US$ 13.5 billion Giga-fab at Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Groundbreaking for this fab was done in May 2015.
3 min readSemiconductor market 2017 spiked by DDR DRAM and flash memory chips
Semiconductor memory chips again take the control of semiconductor market in 2017, the overall semiconductor market started growing in the 1st quarter of 2017 itself due to the growth of DDR4/3 DRAM and NAND flash memory chip sales. Smartphone buyers are preferring smart phones with higher DRAM, so
7 min readYole: 4G and 5G RF-FE market to grow from $10.1B in 2016 to $22.7B in 2022
Claire Troadec from market researcher Yole Développement forecasts the RF front end modules and components market for cellphones to grow from US$10.1 billion in 2016 to U$22.7 billion in year 2022. The forecast is based on the expected grwoth in upcoming 5G communication technology. Stéphane Elis
2 min readSamsung and Apple are top buyers of semiconductors in 2016, according to Gartner
Market researcher Gartner has released its latest study on top buyers of semiconductor chips in the market. The second biggest semiconductor chip maker, Samsung is also the largest buyer of semiconductor chips. The second biggest buyer of semiconductor chips according to Gartner is Apple. Though Ap
3 min readEUV set for volume semiconductor chip production in 2018
There is always some transformation underway in the semiconductor industry. The next move in chip manufacturing seems to be use of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography for volume production. Semiconductor equipment maker ASML is set to take the lead in EUV based pattern etching both through intern
2 min readSemiconductor revenue update this week: Ambarella and Sigma Designs
High-definition image processing semiconductor chip designer Ambarella reported revenue of $57.2 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2017 ending 30th of April 2016, down 19.5% from $71.0 million in the same period in fiscal 2016. Ambarella introduced its first 14nm IP camera SoC and is focusing
2 min readA Smart city, semiconductor industry's mega-opportunity
After the personal computer and mobile phone, the major market driver for electronics and semiconductor industry is going to be the smart city. IOT is clearly the path towards that big opportunity. A smart city, kind of enforces smartness in every device or everything which is part of the city. The
17 min readTaiwan holds on its top position in semiconductor foundry business
Semiconductor foundry business continue to thrive in Taiwan. The world's number one semiconductor foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) retains its number one position in the latest worlds semiconductor foundry ranking by Gartner. TSMC retained the top position amid wea
3 min readGlobal semiconductor revenue fell by around 2% in 2015
Due to severe cost pressure, semiconductor chip revenues in 2015 drop by 2 to 3%, also the launch of Windows 10 did not help PC market to get back to growth path. If somebody pinned too much hope on IoT, Still IoT market not Large enough to compensate for the falling revenues in PC market. The gro
2 min readSemiconductor chip sales down in July 2015
US based industry body Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $27.9 billion for the month of July 2015, a decrease of 0.9 percent from July 2014 when sales were $28.1 billion. Global sales from July 2015 were 0.4 percent lower than the June 2015 tot
2 min readWearable shipment growth: From 5.6M to 18.1M shipments in 2nd Q 2015
IDC reported in its latest market study findings, Apple shipped a total of 3.6 million units in the second quarter of 2015 (2Q15), just 0.8 million units behind Fitbit's 4.4 million units. Total shipment volume for the quarter came to 18.1 million units, up 223.2% from the 5.6 million units shipped
6 min readIOT, smart home and automotive, a safer zone for semiconductor industry
After seeing 3 decades of near non-stop growth from 1980s to 2010, personal computer market not able to lift up (in growth) nearly from past 2 years. When it comes to mobile phone/smart phone, it is still growing, but the fears of slow growth already becoming true. Both the PC and mobile phone mark
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