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Podcast EP325: How KIOXIA is Revolutionizing NAND FLASH Memory

Podcast EP325: How KIOXIA is Revolutionizing NAND FLASH Memory
by Daniel Nenni on 01-02-2026 at 10:00 am
Categories: Foundries

Daniel is joined by Doug Wong, senior member of the technical staff at KIOXIA America, where he has contributed to the advancement of memory technologies since 1993. He began his career with KIOXIA in the company’s Memory Division (then part of Toshiba America) and has since focused on a broad range of memory solutions, including… Read More

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Semiconductors Up Over 20% in 2025

Semiconductors Up Over 20% in 2025
by Bill Jewell on 11-19-2025 at 2:00 pm
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services

Semiconductors Up Over 20% in 2025 3

The world semiconductor market was $208 billion in third-quarter 2025, according to WSTS. This marks the first time the market has been above $200 billion. 3Q 2025 was up 15.8% from 2Q 2025, the highest quarter-to-quarter growth since 19.9% in 2Q 2009. 3Q 2025 was up 25.1% from 3Q 2024, the highest growth versus a year earlier since… Read More

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Semiconductors Still Strong in 2025

Semiconductors Still Strong in 2025
by Bill Jewell on 08-14-2025 at 2:00 pm
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services

Semiconductor Market Change 2025

The global semiconductor market in 2Q 2025 was $180 billion, up 7.8% from 1Q 2025 and up 19.6% from 2Q 2024, according to WSTS. 2Q 2025 marked the sixth consecutive quarter with year-to-year growth of over 18%.

The table below shows the top twenty semiconductor companies by revenue. The list includes companies which sell devices… Read More

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Semiconductor Market Uncertainty

Semiconductor Market Uncertainty
by Bill Jewell on 05-28-2025 at 2:00 pm
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services

2025 Semiconductor Market Forecast

WSTS reported 1st quarter 2025 semiconductor market revenues of $167.7 billion, up 18.8% from a year earlier and down 2.8% from the prior quarter. The first quarter of 2025 was weak for most major semiconductor companies. Ten of the sixteen companies in the table below had declines in revenue versus 4Q 2024, ranging from -0.1% from… Read More

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Thanks for the Memories

Thanks for the Memories
by Bill Jewell on 12-12-2024 at 8:00 am
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services

Semiconductor Market Average Change 2024

The December 2024 WSTS forecast called for strong 2024 semiconductor market growth of 19%. However, the strength is limited to a few product lines. Memory is projected to grow 81% in 2024. Logic is expected to grow 16.9%. The micro product line should show only 3.9% growth, while discretes, optoelectronics, sensors and analog … Read More

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IEDM 2023 – Modeling 300mm Wafer Fab Carbon Emissions

IEDM 2023 – Modeling 300mm Wafer Fab Carbon Emissions
by Scotten Jones on 01-09-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: Events, Semiconductor Services, TechInsights
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For the first time ever, IEDM held a sustainability session at the 2023 conference. I was one of the authors who presented an invited paper, the following is a summary of my presentation.

Call to Action

From the United Nations [1]:

“Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment.”

“Without drastic … Read More

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Semiconductors Down in 2nd Half 2022

Semiconductors Down in 2nd Half 2022
by Bill Jewell on 11-20-2022 at 4:00 pm
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services

Top Semiconductor Revenue 2H 2022

The semiconductor market declined 6.3% in 3Q 2022 from 2Q 2022, according to WSTS. Based on the outlook for 4Q 2022, the second half of 2022 will be down over 10% from the first half of 2022. The 2H 2022 decline will be the largest half-year decline since a 21% drop in the first half of 2009 versus the second half of 2008 during the great … Read More

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Semiconductors Weakening in 2022

Semiconductors Weakening in 2022
by Bill Jewell on 06-18-2022 at 6:00 am
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services
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June 2022 companies

The semiconductor market in 2022 is weakening. Driving factors include rising inflation, the Russian war on Ukraine, COVID-19 related shutdowns in China, and lingering supply chain issues. Four of the top 14 semiconductor companies (Intel, Qualcomm, Nvidia and Texas Instruments) are expecting lower revenues in 2Q 2022 versus… Read More

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Semiconductor Growth Moderating

Semiconductor Growth Moderating
by Bill Jewell on 02-17-2022 at 6:00 am
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services

Top Semiconductor Company Revenue 2022

The global semiconductor market in 2021 was $555.9 billion, according to WSTS data released by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). 2021 increased 26.2% from 2020, the largest annual increase since 31.8% in 2010, eleven years ago. We at Semiconductor Intelligence track publicly available semiconductor market forecasts… Read More

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VLSI Technology Symposium – Imec Alternate 3D NAND Word Line Materials

VLSI Technology Symposium – Imec Alternate 3D NAND Word Line Materials
by Scotten Jones on 07-19-2021 at 6:00 am
Categories: Events, Semiconductor Services, TechInsights
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At the 2021 VLSI Technology Symposium, Imec presented on Ruthenium (Ru) and Molybdenum (Mo) as alternate Word Line (WL) materials for 3D NAND Flash “First Demonstration of Ruthenium and Molybdenum Word lines Integrated into 40nm Pitch 3D NAND Memory Devices”. I had an opportunity to interview one of the authors: Maarten Rosmeulen.… Read More