The company also produces motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers, flash memory, graphics chips or integrated circuits.
Situational Analysis
(Industry)
The semiconductor industry is divided on design and fabrication and in 2015 the industry generated 335.2billion US dollars. This industry is controlled by USA, Japan, Europe, and South Korea and the main players are Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Qualcomm and Toshiba.
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(Global Sales Report, 2016)
The future of the industry is related to could computing, the increasing demand of this technology will provoke the increase of the demand on new semiconductors with new features to satisfy the market needs. Big names in the technology industry such a Microsoft, Apple, IBM or Amazon are investing strongly in this new technology, it will increase the future demand of ore advance semiconductors.
The research and development in the semiconductor industry is critical in order to accomplish the future changes in the market. In addition, other industries such as automotive or audio-visual are rising the demand of semiconductors because those products are more technological advanced. According to Bloomberg, the demand of semiconductors will increase in the coming years due to the enhance of service and technology in industries no related to IT like entertainment or transportation, indicating the positive prospect of the industry in the coming years. (Market Realistic,