1. Current State of the Chip Design Industry: Opportunities and Challenges The global semiconductor market is expected to grow by 15% by 2025, with AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and automotive electronics being the main driving forces. However, industry competition is becoming increasingly fierce: 1. Expansion of Mature Process Capacity: The share of China’s mature process … Read more
👆If you wish to meet often, feel free to star 🌟 and bookmark it~Source: Content from Brian Bailey, thank you. About a month ago, we shared an article about the dramatic decline in the success rate of chip tape-outs. For more details, you can refer to the article “Chips, at a Historical Low”. Regarding this … Read more
| Win-Win is the Way Yesterday, foreign media cited sources saying that ARM’s new CEO Rene Haas stated in a memo to employees that ARM will lay off 12% to 15% of its workforce in the UK and the US. Since the beginning of this year, news surrounding ARM has been continuous. NVIDIA’s abandonment of … Read more
Click the blue text to follow us “We heavily rely on manufacturing facilities in China!” If this statement had been made two years ago, even Texas Instruments might not have dared to say it. However, during the recent earnings conference, CEO Haviv Ilan made a surprising declaration. Interestingly, the CEO also emphasized: “I believe there … Read more
About a month ago, we shared an article discussing the sharp decline in the success rate of first-time chip tape-outs, which can be referenced in the article “Chips at Historical Lows”. In response to this issue, Brian Bailey, editor of Semiconductor Engineering, stated that this is just the tip of the iceberg for chips. In … Read more
Semiconductor engineering editor Brian Bailey states that for chips, the success rate of first tape-outs is plummeting, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. In his view, as the success rates in the semiconductor industry decline, it may be time to reconsider our priorities. He cites statistics from the latest functional verification survey … Read more
This article is approximately 5,900 words long, recommended for saving and reading. Author | Beiwai Nanchang Produced by | Automotive Electronics and Software On April 11, 2025, the China Semiconductor Industry Association issued an official notice regarding the “Rules for the Determination of the Origin of Semiconductor Products,” clearly stating:The origin of integrated circuits will … Read more
Recently, Samsung Electronics announced the production launch of the first phase of its Xi’an Phase II factory, and the full-scale construction of Phase II has begun, seemingly marking the start of a new round of production expansion competition.It is reported that SK Hynix also plans to increase its NAND Flash and DRAM production capacity. According … Read more
Recently, the escalating US-China tariff war has become the core battleground of the economic strategic game between the two countries.In the short term, the US-China tariff war will accelerate the decoupling of technology and industrial chains, impacting domestic manufacturers that rely on US technology and chips. In the long run, the tariff war is beneficial … Read more
Author | Wo Ting Xiao Xiao Zhu The PCB market scale continues to expand.ChipMOS Technologies’ annual report provides an optimistic assessment of the PCB industry development:According to Prismark statistics, in 2024, the global PCB total output value will reach $73.565 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%. In the medium to long term, the global PCB … Read more