Understanding 2021’s Bewildering Semiconductor Market

By Logan Wamsley

The semiconductor market is experiencing a very unique time, a time where two seemingly conflicting narratives are occurring simultaneously. On one hand, global demand and sales of chips and semiconductors have never been stronger. According to IDC, worldwide semiconductor sales grew to a mammoth $464 billion in 2020, a nearly 11% increase from 2019. Even…

How Manufacturers Can Survive the Latest Chip Shortage

By Logan Wamsley

The root cause for the unprecedented chip shortage facing the automotive industry as well as other industries such as healthcare and consumer electronics is three-fold: • The first cause has been the extreme market volatility in the automotive industry the past year, which has seen an extreme economic slowdown followed by a rapid recovery of…