Softening market conditions and rising uncertainty in global trade and economy have impacted semiconductor spending from the world’s top OEMs, currently facing the steepest decline in over a decade. Worldwide spending from semiconductor OEMs will amount to just $316.6 billion in 2019, which is down 7% from 2018. The recent decline came after two years […]
For many years now, transistors on our microchips have gotten smaller, faster, and cheaper over time. Every two years, the number of transistors on commercial chips has doubled — with this phenomenon becoming widely known as “Moore’s Law.” For several years in the recent past, Moore’s Law does not seem to hold true any longer. […]
