Semiconductor Crisis

Semiconductors is a material product usually composed of silicon, which conducts electricity more than an insulator, such as glass, but less than a pure conductor, such as copper or aluminium.

Semiconductors are critical technological components for emerging technologies viz. artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things applications, 5G communications, cloud computing, etc.

Challenges

• The world is facing a chip shortage because of its limited supply.
• The semiconductor manufacturing capacities are concentrated in a few geographies.
• Nearly all leading edge (sub 10nm) semiconductors manufacturing capacity is limited to Taiwan and South Korea, with nearly 92 per cent located in the former. ....