The Power semiconductor market is in for a difficult year with the high demand for vehicle electrification and clean energy, leaving power semiconductors in a shortage. Read the blog for TechInsights’ predictions and discoveries on market consolidation, which is a growing trend in terms of wide bandgap semiconductor material supply.

A new startup, Rapid Silicon, is entering the FPGA market. Its Gemini SoC FPGAs, with hardened CPUs, compete against aging midrange alternatives from AMD, Intel, and Microchip.

MPR’s analysts have developed forecasts for various processor markets. The trend toward PC processors with AI accelerators is under way. Meanwhile, some AI-accelerator startups will topple as their funding runs out.

TechInsights Critical Subsystems Driving Forces Update on Platform Updated files include the following: Driving Forces Device Forecast Summary History and Forecast for PV Revenues, Unit Shipments, and ASPs Substrate Processing Equipment Forecasts History and Forecast for Semiconductor, FPD, PV

Cycle Mapping and Upturn Timing G. Dan Hutcheson The Chip Insider® Cycle Mapping 2022-2023: 6-months into the slowdown, quarterly and December’s results – in particular – have revealed how this slowdown resembles previous cycles. Some believe it must be a deep one, similar to the apocalyptic ones

Semiconductor WEEK: An overview of results and conclusions from recent reports at TechInsights.

TechInsights' Semiconductor Analytics report

Caution prevails as dark clouds linger Shereen Vaux Order activity for semiconductor equipment dropped to a chilly 48 SOC Mobile and Digital Consumers dropped a degree in cool conditions Memory activity is stuck at freezing levels Many Semiconductor companies have been reporting elevated inventory

At the end of Part 2 of the blog we had reached 2009 and the 40-nm generation; which put TSMC out of sync with other companies, who were marketing their 45-nm product. That discrepancy continued with the usual 70% shrink to the next node, 28-nm for TSMC and 32-nm for IDMs such as Intel and IBM.

AMD’s MI300 accelerator will compete with Nvidia's Grace Hopper in the HPC and AI markets. It uses AMD's third-generation CDNA3 architecture and features x86, GPU, and memory die in a single package for improved performance.