After, if we assume from Apple sales, everybody got a mobile phone, AI could be what makes it non-stagnant again. Just companies ordering GPUs and servers, plus more and more similar features being shipped to consumer hardware could make a difference.
I do not have any data though, just thinking out loud.
Yes. Think this is it. Even if some sectors appear stagnant now, everyone is expecting some huge growth spurt with AI. Lots of new data centers, GPUs, etc...
and of course, for national defense, to have homegrown supply chains.
I would assume all those companies want cutting edge (higher performance at lower energy cost), not chips that are 5-10 years behind. Those can barely run current android.
barriers to entry are getting higher by the minute, there are no new entrants, most of them are state-sponsored, and it's true for the whole supply chain.
sure, there's technological progress and demand, but the market is in a near pathological state. (very short lifecycles, huge investments required even for fabs to keep up, etc. sure, it's unlikely that it will collapse, as demand is very strong, but market participants are very exposed to external factors. there is a huge discontinuity due to the dilemma of staying put and trying to beat the competition on price, or going all-in and building a new fab or at least upgrading one to be able to offer a newer/better process node. which leads to even more consolidation.)
Do you mean the market is stagnant or the tech is stagnant, because those are different things imo.
If we have finally reached the final boss of silicon lithography, then the market will figure out whatever nodes make sense (best efficiency, best performance, best value) and presumably we will need ever increasing amounts of them… especially if future solutions just stack tons of dies together etc. it’s fundamentally a pivot from growing through the tech to growing through packaging and putting more silicon into a product… at higher power and cost. But as that market model matures you will very much continue to need more and more capacity to replace the growth that used to come from Moores law.
After, if we assume from Apple sales, everybody got a mobile phone, AI could be what makes it non-stagnant again. Just companies ordering GPUs and servers, plus more and more similar features being shipped to consumer hardware could make a difference.
I do not have any data though, just thinking out loud.
Yes. Think this is it. Even if some sectors appear stagnant now, everyone is expecting some huge growth spurt with AI. Lots of new data centers, GPUs, etc...
and of course, for national defense, to have homegrown supply chains.
I would assume all those companies want cutting edge (higher performance at lower energy cost), not chips that are 5-10 years behind. Those can barely run current android.
> the semiconductor market is mature bordering on stagnant
Is this true? And by what measure? I see nothing but incredible growth driven by cloud, mobile, and AI/ML.
barriers to entry are getting higher by the minute, there are no new entrants, most of them are state-sponsored, and it's true for the whole supply chain.
sure, there's technological progress and demand, but the market is in a near pathological state. (very short lifecycles, huge investments required even for fabs to keep up, etc. sure, it's unlikely that it will collapse, as demand is very strong, but market participants are very exposed to external factors. there is a huge discontinuity due to the dilemma of staying put and trying to beat the competition on price, or going all-in and building a new fab or at least upgrading one to be able to offer a newer/better process node. which leads to even more consolidation.)
But that's only a small part of semiconductors localized in a couple of hubs. The vast majority of semi work isn't working on that.
Do you mean the market is stagnant or the tech is stagnant, because those are different things imo.
If we have finally reached the final boss of silicon lithography, then the market will figure out whatever nodes make sense (best efficiency, best performance, best value) and presumably we will need ever increasing amounts of them… especially if future solutions just stack tons of dies together etc. it’s fundamentally a pivot from growing through the tech to growing through packaging and putting more silicon into a product… at higher power and cost. But as that market model matures you will very much continue to need more and more capacity to replace the growth that used to come from Moores law.
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