Russia has been ostracized and sanctioned by most of the world because of the Ukraine issue, and cannot obtain chips from suppliers, so Russia's semiconductor "self-rescue" journey began.

The Netherlands plans a €1.1 billion investment to develop photonics technology, aiming to replicate ASML's success and dominate the global semiconductor market.

In the context of global shortage of cores, chip giant Intel has successively announced a number of investment plans to continue to expand production capacity.

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.