#chetanpatil – Chetan Arvind Patil
Photo by Louis Reed on Unsplash THE REASONS TO DEVELOP SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CLUSTER Developing a dedicated semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure from scratch is a billion-dollar risk and the cost of doing so is also increasing year on year. As the semiconductor industry marches towards a new era of capacity creation, it
Photo by Yogesh Phuyal on Unsplash THE IMPACT OF SEMICONDUCTOR FAT OUTSOURCING The process of developing a semiconductor product requires several business and technical components to work together. Depending upon the business model of the semiconductor company, these development activities (mainly design and manufacturing) can be insourced or outsourced. The
Photo by Firdouss Ross on Unsplash THE REASONS FOR THE OVERLAPPING OF SEMICONDUCTOR PURE-PLAY FAB AND OSAT BUSINESS Semiconductor manufacturing is heavily dependent on external vendors. This is more true for semiconductor companies that do not have any internal manufacturing capability and have to rely heavily on outsourcing. This has
Photo by Lenny Kuhne on Unsplash THE IMPACT OF SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE ON AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Automotive is one of the several industries that heavily rely on semiconductor products to provide different features. These features range from infotainment to sensors to wireless communication. Over the last few decades, the need to drive
Photo by Devin Spell on Unsplash THE IMPORTANCE OF OUTSOURCED SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY AND TEST Outsourcing is one of the several ways to optimize in-house business activities, and that is why the majority of the industry heavily takes advantage of outsourcing. In the long run, hiring an external vendor to outsource
Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS FOR DATA CENTERS The connected world is leading to real-time information exchange, and this is why consumers to enterprises expect the request to be processed in the fastest time possible. The devices used to send such requests can
Photo by Maxence Pira on Unsplash THE IMPACT OF WAFER SIZE ON SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY The semiconductor industry is built on the platform laid by silicon wafers that form the base of fabricating different types of advanced semiconductor products. The silicon wafers have gone through an incremental change in size/diameter over
Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash THE REASONS TO DEVELOP CUSTOM SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP IN-HOUSE As technology is progressing and touching every aspect of day-to-day life, the dependence on semiconductor solutions is also growing. These solutions are often made by semiconductor companies and can power several things from sensors to a
Photo by Jeremy Zero on Unsplash THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SEMICONDUCTOR ROADMAP The semiconductor industry has enjoyed the success of doubling (every two years) the number of transistors in a silicon chip, which has allowed semiconductor companies worldwide, to offer novel semiconductor products and solutions. This is exactly what Moore’s
Photo by Marc PEZIN on Unsplash THE REASONS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE In today’s market, the majority of the consumer and enterprise products are heavily equipped with semiconductor products (silicon chips). Over the last few years, the share of semiconductors in modern products has increased steadily. From automotive to smartphone to
Hi, I am Chetan Arvind Patil (chay-tun – how to pronounce), a semiconductor professional whose job is turning data into products for the semiconductor industry that powers billions of devices around the world. And while I like what I do, I also enjoy biking, working on few ideas, apart from writing, and talking about interesting developments in hardware, software, semiconductor and technology.
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Photo by Minku Kang on Unsplash Semiconductor production is a complex process requiring much precision and accuracy. It has been
Photo by Henry & Co. on Unsplash The semiconductor wall is a term used to describe the limits of silicon
Photo by DeepMind on Unsplash Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays an increasingly important role in semiconductor fabrication. AI is being used
Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash Semiconductor capacity is a critical factor in the future of the electronics industry. Thus,
Photo by Javier Miranda on Unsplash The use of semiconductor technology in sports is becoming increasingly popular. With the help
