CES 2024 is being held this week in Las Vegas, Nevada with an estimated 130,000 attendees and over 4,000 exhibitors. CES (previously Consumer Electronics Show) has been held in Las Vegas every year since 1978, except for 2021 due to COVID-19. This was my ninth CES representing Semiconductor Intelligence, with… Read more“CES 2024”
CES 2024 Robots
CES 2024 featured a wide variety of robots to performs tasks such as vacuuming, lawn mowing, pool cleaning, coffee making, beer making, food serving, and deliveries. Some of the more interesting robots we saw at CES 2024 were: Friendly robot Creepy robot Robot dog Robot coffee maker Robot coffee and… Read more“CES 2024 Robots”
CHIPS Act and U.S. fabs
In August 2022, U.S. President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to provide incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. In a case of creating the acronym first and then finding a name to fit, CHIPS stands for Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors…. Read more“CHIPS Act and U.S. fabs”
Semiconductors headed toward strong 2024
The global semiconductor market is now solidly in a turnaround. WSTS revised its data for 2Q 2023 growth over 1Q 2023 to 6.0% from 4.2% previously. 3Q 2023 was up 6.3% from 2Q 2023. With our Semiconductor Intelligence forecast of 3% growth in 4Q 2023, the year-to-year growth in 4Q… Read more“Semiconductors headed toward strong 2024”