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In 2022, the semiconductor market reached an all-time high with total revenues of $595. 7 billion, slightly higher than the record revenue of $592.8 billion in 2021. But with four consecutive quarters of decline, the semiconductor market is by no means having a record year in its current state, according to a new research survey by Omdia. fourth quarter 2022 contracted 9 percent from the previous quarter, the largest drop in the current economic downturn. fourth quarter 2022 revenue was $132.4 billion, just 82 percent of fourth quarter 2021's record quarterly revenue of $161.1 82 percent of the record quarterly revenue of $161.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021. In 2021, revenues grew at double-digit rates in all major application areas, from 11% in the wireline communications industry to 36% in semiconductors for the consumer electronics industry. record revenues in 2022 were mixed, with the automotive semiconductor market growing 21% year-over-year. On the other hand is the

European chipmaker Infineon is betting on next-generation power semiconductors - used in everything from ultra-high-speed cell phone chargers to electric vehicles - to spur growth in a sluggish broader chip market.   Power semiconductors are part of power management systems that can withstand high voltages and currents. Infineon is targeting advanced materials that are expected to have higher capacity and efficiency than traditional silicon-based power chips.   Adam White, the company's president for power and sensor systems, told Nikkei Asia that Infineon is particularly bullish on gallium nitride (GaN) chips. "Our goal is to be the [chip industry] leader in power systems," White said. "We see the tipping point for GaN happening in real time."   The company predicts that the market for GaN chips will grow at a rate of 56 percent per year through 2027.   Infineon recently disclosed an $830 million deal to acquire Ottawa chip designer GaN Systems to expand its pr

The GPU is the "heart" of the graphics card, which is equivalent to the role of the CPU in the computer. It determines the grade and most of the performance of the graphics card, and it is also the difference between 2D and 3D graphics cards. 2D display chips mainly rely on the CPU's processing power when processing 3D images and special effects, known as "soft acceleration". The 3D display chip is the three-dimensional image and the special effects processing function is concentrated in the display chip, which is the so-called "hardware acceleration" function. The display chip is usually the largest chip (and the one with the most pins) on the display card. The GPU makes the graphics card less dependent on the CPU and does some of the work of the CPU, especially in 3D graphics processing. The core technologies used by GPU include hardware T&l, cubic environment material mapping and vertex mixing, texture compression and bump mapping, dual texture

During the development process from 1G to 5G, 1G defined voice; 2G realized mobile communication voice services as well as some digital messaging services; 3G defined mobile Internet; 4G developed the best solution for mobile Internet; and the arrival of 5G began to promote the development of smart home, telemedicine and other applications. With the commercialization of 5G on a large scale entering the fast track, major countries and regions around the world have started 6G research. Increase 6G technology research and development support, and actively participate in promoting 6G international standardization work." The continuous promotion of 6G will bring more markets and opportunities to the chip industry.   1.  6G will open up the smart connection of all things   Compared with 5G, 6G is not only to improve the communication transmission speed so simple, if 5G is to open up the plane world of "everything connected", then 6G is about to create a three-dimensional world

  On November 8, 1923, a baby boy was born to an ordinary family in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.   The baby boy's father was Hubert Kilby, an electrical engineer who graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The baby boy's mother, Vina Kilby, also graduated from this school.   The young couple probably did not expect that the little life they welcomed would become a great engineer, inventor, and even a Nobel Prize winner. His contribution to invention would create a huge industry that would change the whole world.   This baby boy is Jack St. Clair Kilby, one of the leading inventors of the integrated circuit and known as the "father of the chip.   An engineer's journey   In 1927, when Kilby was four years old, the family moved to Salina, Kansas.   Kilby's father, Herbert Kilby, was the manager of the Kansas Power Company. At the time, Kilby often toured the power plant with his father, watching the generation and transmission equipment. Over