Published On: February 2022

Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash There is not a single industry that does not rely on strategic partnerships. The semiconductor industry is no different, and semiconductor companies have to rely on a strategic partnership to achieve the goal of a successful product launch. The semiconductor industry has several different segments. While the two major segments are design and manufacturing, several other critical segments are needed to empower the design to manufacturing solutions. These solutions originate from companies located in different countries, and the solutions developed powers billions of tiny silicon devices. It will not be wrong to say that the semiconductor industry is one of the most distributed. A single semiconductor chip with billions of transistors takes more than ten to twenty different companies to work together. In many […]

Photo by Justin Luebke on Unsplash The semiconductor industry is going through a wave of consolidation. It is not the first time the semiconductor industry is marching through such a wave. However, everyone time it does, it often has positive and negative impacts. The reduction in the number of companies for a given semiconductor segment is one critical impact apart from the emergence of new players that try to create a new market that opened up due to the consolidation. Top Players: Companies that have been in the semiconductor business for a long time either create new business to continue their presence in the market or get acquired (due to market volatility) by other companies, thus leading to consolidation of top players. Small Players: When top players merge, there is a gap