Published On: November 1, 2020

Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY STATUS In 2020, the semiconductor industry has seen both negative and positive trends. The first half of 2020 showed mostly the negative trend driven by the COVID-19 restrictions, as it lead to slower semiconductor production and increased inventory due to decreasing sales. The second half of 2020 has been more positive. The sales have gone up and production lines are 100% occupied, to cater the newly launched devices and products by vendors across the globe. Apart from the steady increase in design, development, and production, merger/acquisition have gone up too. There have been some unexpected takeovers which are bound to have a strong impact in the long run. The semiconductor industry from a product point of view can be divided into: CPU GPU SoC/MPSoC/RFSoC ASIC/FPGA/ASSP/ACAP Digital/Analog/Mixed Memory […]