One Trillion Chips by 2017

by Kevin Morris

One trillion. 1,000 billion. That’s a big number. But that’s how many semiconductor devices we’re on track to produce and ship in 2017. This according to IC Insights and its latest market-research report. Obviously, that total includes just about everything that could conceivably be considered a semiconductor device, including digital chips, analog chips, opto sensors, and more. To reach that impressive sum, the company projects 10% growth in unit shipments this year, and another 11% growth next year. Good times.

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