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From Intel to Samsung, global chipmakers are celebrating the beginning of the end of a semiconductor supply glut, but the outlook for demand from customers outside the artificial intelligence ...
Chipmakers: All the major markets for chips - smartphones, PCs and data centres - have shrunk this year, as both corporate customers and consumers scale back spending amid a weak global economy, high inflation and rising interest rates.
All the major markets for chips - smartphones, PCs and data centres - have shrunk this year, as both corporate customers and consumers scale back spending amid a weak global economy, high inflation and rising interest rates. This has created an unprecedented oversupply of commodity chips, causing a record combined 15.2 trillion won ($12 billion) first-half operating loss for the world's two largest memory chipmakers, Samsung and SK Hynix.
The smartphone market is also improving, with cellphone shipments falling eight per cent in June, versus 14 per cent in the first quarter, according to research firm Counterpoint.
The smartphone market is also improving, with cellphone shipments falling eight per cent in June, versus 14 per cent in the first quarter, according to research firm Counterpoint.