The semiconductor trade might be rising in worth over the subsequent 10 years, and will break via the US$1 trillion plateau throughout the forecast interval, in keeping with Nicky Lu, chairman of Taiwan’s fabless chipmaker Etron Technology.
Eyeing the promising trade progress, Lu urged Taiwan-based high-tech firms to make long-term investments in R&D. Pandemic-driven digital transformation, 5G and AI associated functions might be driving semiconductor demand over the subsequent decade, Lu stated.
AI system functions, for instance, require an enormous quantity of logic chips and DRAM reminiscence, Lu indicated. The general semiconductor demand for AI associated functions is promising encouraging regional foundries and IDMs to step up their tempo of investments, Lu continued.
Specializing in specialty DRAM reminiscence, Etron swung to web earnings of NT$54 million (US$1.93 million) within the first quarter of 2021 – its first quarterly earnings in five-and-a-half years.
Etron chairman Nicky Lu
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