Pure-play foundry revenue is set to rise by 6 per cent compared to the third quarter, according to iSuppli, as it continues its slow recovery from a difficult year.
Despite the surge, OLEDs will remain a niche product due to their small sizes and prohibitively high prices.
However, the recent downturn is likely to thin the ranks of the top-tier pure-play suppliers down to just three major players in the future, says research firm iSuppli.
Toshiba Corp, Sony Corp, and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc detailed an agreement that will see Toshiba buy a Sony 300-mm fab and see the trio form a joint venture for the production of high-performance semiconductors, including products for SCEI's PlayStation gaming system.
Booming sales of Digital Televisions (DTVs) during the coming years will yield huge opportunities for semiconductor suppliers, with revenue from shipments of chips for this segment expected to more than double from 2006 to 2011, iSuppli Corp. predicted.
Even if you are designing an ASIC or SOC that doesn’t target a low-power application, you need to become familiar with low-power-design techniques, because the newest generation of silicon-process technologies inherently leaks power.