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How will the global pandemic of 2020 transform the semiconductors industry?

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Big data, IoT, 5G, and AI are often touted to transform the semiconductors industry. Clearly, new chipsets are being developed and tailored for compute-intensive processing. But transformations are often predictions directed to the future. What about now? How will the global pandemic of 2020 transform the semiconductors industry? This question could go many directions from actual innovations in chipsets to supply chain issues. To company consolidations (mergers and acquisitions to career changes. So, if you chose to chime into this discussions, we as broad-based or as narrow-based as you like.

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  • I think we'll see a slight tick up in smart manufacturing.  Instead of dedicated purpose machines, we'll see an increase in flexible manufacturing so more companies will be able to change what they manufacture without having to buy new hardware.  There are companies that have great regret right now on not being able to shift their production to respond to the pandemic.  We'll see an increase in vision systems and other quality checks as companies look to decrease their human exposure.  I also think we'll see more bio-automation as companies, municipalities and governments look to screen the general population.  So, lots more sensors and "AI-Lite".  And then we'll backslide BUT, for a time, the electronic Swiss Army knife will be back in style.

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  • I think we'll see a slight tick up in smart manufacturing.  Instead of dedicated purpose machines, we'll see an increase in flexible manufacturing so more companies will be able to change what they manufacture without having to buy new hardware.  There are companies that have great regret right now on not being able to shift their production to respond to the pandemic.  We'll see an increase in vision systems and other quality checks as companies look to decrease their human exposure.  I also think we'll see more bio-automation as companies, municipalities and governments look to screen the general population.  So, lots more sensors and "AI-Lite".  And then we'll backslide BUT, for a time, the electronic Swiss Army knife will be back in style.

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