Recently, it was revealed that Intel's original plan to start chip manufacturing in 2025 will be brought forward to the second half of 2024.

Russia plans to invest 3.19 trillion rubles to develop 28nm chip production by 2030, with a focus on design, manufacturing, market growth, and talent development.

IC Insights predicts the analog IC market will hit $83.2B in 2022, up 12%, driven by strong demand in automotive, 5G, and power management sectors.

Sondrel reports semiconductor packaging lead times have surged from 8 to 50 weeks due to supply chain changes, impacting chip production and industry balance.

The competition in the global chip industry chain may become more intense.

Despite the increase in demand due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the upstream of the semiconductor industry has bucked the trend. But IC design firms are under increasing pressure to cut their offers as rising political and economic risks stemming from the war are eroding end demand.

Spain's 11 billion euros of public investment will be largely funded by the European Union's coronavirus recovery fund, which aims to mitigate the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis. The investment is in line with broader European efforts to support the semiconductor ecosystem.

In the first half of 2022, the consumer electronics market will be impacted by the weakening of the housing economy, the epidemic, international tensions, high inflation, etc., coupled with the traditional off-season

As chips become more dispersed, semiconductor supply chain management becomes more complex, and there are more moving parts, making it difficult to ensure the provenance of parts and whether they are compromised before being added to advanced chips or packages.

It is reported that despite a long-term review of the national security interests involved in Wingtech's proposed acquisition of NWF, the British government has approved the deal worth about 63 million pounds (about 524 million yuan).