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February 2022 — Contents
Volume 13, Number 2 22-CES draws 45,000 visitors to Las Vegas
27-San Jose jury convicts Theranos’ Holmes
Cover Features 28-Milestone: First tool rolled into Intel’s Ireland fab
29-Threepeat for double-digit chip growth
The China Initiative: science under fire. Cre- 30-Chips in electronic systems set record in 2021
30-TSMC may add Taiwan assembly plant
ated under the Trump administration, this policy 31-Technique boosts graphene nanoribbons performance
is increasingly coming under attack, Editor Ron 33 and 37-ASML fire may impact production
Iscoff, 3. 34-No major damage from Taiwan earthquake
35-X’iam, China lockdown update
Intel plans $20 billion investment in Colum- 37- Intel reports record 2021 revenue
bus, Ohio. In a surprising move, Intel announced 38-Process may lessen rare earth metals’ shortage
that it will spend upwards initially of $20 billion to 40-Battery cathode materials’ need escalating
site two wafer fabs in the Rust Belt. 17. Sidebar: 41-Beyond 5G, other connectivity standards growing
Soft landing in Columbus,Ohio: an unlikely choice 44-PCs, laptops least affected by parts’ shortage
45-Montaro named Delphon president
for Intel, 21. 45-SEMI ISS Europe returning on May 30
46-MIT suggests strategy for chip shortage
Semiconductor sales are forecast at 11% 48-Micro LED display chip sales will soar
growth. IC Insights says above average in- Contents Copyright ©2022 by TAP TIMES
creases are expected in all major product catego- Advertisers, Events, 36 Business Cards, 41-42
ries, which will lift the global market to record-high Cover: The Scioto River flows by Columbus and for 231 miles
revenues this year, 23. in Ohio. Named after explorer Christopher Columbus, the cap-
ital city is the most populous one in the state with 905,748
people as of the 2020 census. In addition the area is the
China’s chip sales beat Taiwan for the second choice for Intel’s newest fab site, the company’s first major
year. If China maintains its current 30% CAGR, new location in 40 years.
(David Mark, Pixabay)
by 2024, it will have 17.4% of the global semicon-
ductor market according to the SIA, 24. Advertisement
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