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The Wafer Demand Summary and Assumptions is a quarterly publication. It includes an excel spreadsheet with annual wafer demand by product by technology from 2010-2020. Product categories include DRAM, SRAM, NAND, NOR, Other Non-volatile, MPU, MCU, DSP, Computing Micro Logic, Communications, Other Micro Logic, Programmable Logic, Standard Cell, Gate Array, Analog, Discrete, Optoelectronics, Digital Bipolar. In addition, there is a summary write-up providing the major assumptions behind the forecast and changes from the previous quarter.
Adrienne Downey, Director of Technology Research at Semico Research, will speak at SEMICON West on Thursday, July 14, 2016. Adrienne is speaking during the session: 3D Printing: A New Dimension in Manufacturing.
Interest in China is at a fever pitch, with the country's National IC Industry Investment Fund leading the way. The latest to announce a project in China is GLOBALFOUNDRIES, with plans for a 300mm fab in a joint venture with the government of Chongqing. As the project involves upgrading an existing fab, production is planned for 2017. Lots of projects are going on in China right now -- are you keeping up?
The market for Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) has been growing at a fast rate. In 2015 sales of MEMS devices exceeded $14.2 billion, an annual growth of 11.6%. Semico Research projects that by 2020 MEMS sales will reach $28.7 billion. This is a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15.1% from 2015 to 2020. Gyroscopes and accelerometers will account for a significant amount of the MEMS revenues. But growth will be driven by a wide variety of emerging MEMS.
Silicon wafers are the basic building block for the semiconductors used for the smallest sensor in a light bulb to the most advanced electronic system in the space shuttle. It all starts from semiconductor grade polysilicon and is processed precisely to fit the needs of each application.
Analog ICs are critical to nearly all electronic devices. The global electronics market will consume over 127.5 billion analog ICs in 2016. This translates to several analog ICs per electronic device.
Semico tracks over 900 semiconductor fabs in its Fab Database. The database includes detailed information about the fabs, including the operating status of the fab, its location, process and products, wafer size and capacity, and more. The other document included with the database is a Word file containing a summary of updates made to fabs by company type: Memory, Foundries, and Other.
Are you going to DAC next week? Semico will be there and will be speaking about this topic on both Wednesday and Thursday.
Solving the Design Cost Puzzle: How IP Fits 10:30am, June 7, 2016 DAC Pavilion, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas Jim Feldhan, President of Semico Research, will speak on June 7, 2016. Jim's presentation is titled "Solving the Design Cost Puzzle: How IP Fits".
Semico Research IP Subsystem Tutorial IP Track: Why IP Subsystems and Why Now? 1:30PM - 3:00PM, June 8, 2016, Ballroom G Rich Wawrzyniak will participate in a tutorial on the IP Subsystem market at the upcoming Digital Automation Conference on June 8, 2016.