Semiconductor Market
Global Semiconductor Packaging Materials Market to Near $30 Billion by 2027
Powered by strong demand for new electronics innovations, the global semiconductor packaging materials market is expected to reach US$29.8 billion by 2027, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7% from the US$26.1 billion in revenue it logged in 2022, SEMI, TECHCET and TechSearch International a
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Semiconductor market in 1Q 2023: End of the steep fall, close to bottom
After few tumbles since 3rd quarter of 2022, did semiconductor market hit the bottom of the curve in the 1Q 2023? There are signs of hitting the bottom or just getting close to the bottom. In the second half 2023, demand is expected to gradually recover. With the semiconductor market started witn
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Chiplet-driven, More-than-Moore way creating exponential growth for semiconductor packaging
While the monolithic semiconductor chips getting denser and denser with the Moore's law progressing towards 1 nm technology node, the cost of developing complete system on chip is alarmingly rising in the nodes of 3 nm and lower. It is estimated to cost around $ 750 million to design a monolithic
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Omdia: Semiconductor market declines into uncharted (seasonal) territory
The semiconductor market has had an exceptional run of sequential revenue growth during the COVID-pandemic period that began in early 2020 according to Omdia's Semiconductor Competitive Landscape Tool (CLT). A record eight-straight quarters of revenue growth occurred during this time. Now the market
2 min readThe drop in global smartphone market to continue in Q4 22 and till 1H 23
Revenue from the new global smart phone sales in the year 2022 is continuously dropping, and the fall is expected to continue till second quarter of 2023. Market researcher Canalys predicts a gloomy outlook for some more quarters where it finds the global smartphone market recorded its third consecu
3 min readIndia semiconductor fab dream: One more bus to get in
At the recently held 17th IESA Vision Summit 2022 in Bangalore, you could see the presence of most of the US and Europe based top 10 global semiconductor-industry focused companies except chip foundries. John Neuffer, President of U.S.-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) was himself prese
7 min readMid 2022 semiconductor market update: Mem and PC-CPU down and others not
In this semiconductor market mid-2022 brief study, we found computer and smart phone pulling semiconductor growth curve down while automotive and others taking it up. 2021 was a very good year for semiconductor industry where it grew by 26.2%. In the first half of 2022, the growth is lesser compared
12 min readCMOS Image Sensor market: $30Billion plus by 2027 at 6.7% CAGR
Market Researcher Yole reports from its latest findings, the CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) industry revenue to reach $31.4 billion in 2027, with a 6.7% CAGR between 2021 and 2027. Other findings shared by Yole includes: In 2021, the CIS market bottomed out at 2.8% YoY growth, reaching US$21.3 billio
2 min readSemiconductor chip design biz grew 32% in 2 Q 2022, difficulties ahead in 2H22
From its latest study on the global semiconductor chip design industry, market researcher TrendForce finds total revenue of the top ten global VLSI semiconductor IC chip design houses reached US$39.56 billion in second quarter of 2022, a growth of 32% year over year. The broad areas of demand for
4 min readMassive 217% shipment-growth of TWS audio in India in 2Q22
While the global shipment of smart personal audio fell by 1.7% year-on-year in second quarter of 2022, where as in India the same device shipment grew hugely by 55%, this is according to latest findings from market researcher Canalys. The shipment of these devices in US is down by 1% and in China
3 min readSIA: Global semiconductor revenues down by 2.3% in July 2022
U.S.-based semiconductor industry Association (SIA) reported global semiconductor revenue of $49.0 billion in the month of July 2022, down by 2.3% compared to month of June 2022, and up by 7.3% compared to July 2021 revenues of $45.7 billion. SIA works closely with World Semiconductor Trade Statist
2 min readSK Hynix to complete buiding of new memory semiconductor fab M15X by 2025
The leading semiconductor memory chip manufacturer SK Hynix to start construction of its new semiconductor fab M15 extension in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. The new plant will be built from October-2022 on 60,000 square meters of land. An investment of 15 trillion Won is pumped to thi
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