A list of short and long term trends while semiconductor grew double digit in 2017,

At the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) In US: Len Jelinek of IHS forecast a total semiconductor revenue growth of 7.4% in 2018, with memory growing by 14 % and all other semiconductors by 4.5%, with the growth majorly coming from consumer electronics, with 70 % of chips ending up in consumers’ hands with IoT as key driver. Another chip industry analyst Samuel Wang of Gartner forecast a 7.5 % increase in semiconductor revenue for 2018, reaching $451 billion, with memory the largest contributor to the increase at expected growth of 30 %. Gartner announced global semiconductor revenue totaled $419.7 billion in 2017, a 22.2 % rise from 2016. Although Gartner see 64 % revenue growth in the memory market taking a 31 % share of total semiconductor revenue in 2017, other areas too have grown. Amid the growth, some of the visible trends in the chip industry includes: There is increase in amount of money pumped into this sector, not only established players acquiring both big and small semiconductor companies but also there is rise in amount of investment in startup area. China is a huge investor and continue to expand massively the complete eco chain of chip making. US is seeing growth of chips in automotive, IoT and smart everything technology markets. This trend in short term may come down a bit but will continue to rise in long term. Memory looks like commodity,...