What are silicon photonics? Why it’s important? and current progress

Silicon photonics technology is a technology that integrates optical components such as laser devices with silicon-based integrated circuits to achieve high-speed data transmission, longer transmission distances and low power consumption through light instead of electrical signals. Additionally, it provides lower latency.

ASIC market is getting bigger, and related listed companies in the US and Taiwan

650 Group estimates that the data center customized chip market will grow to $10 billion this year and double by 2025, while Needham analyst Charles Shi said that by 2023, broader customization ASIC market is worth approximately US$30 billion, accounting for approximately 5% of global annual chip sales.

How does Applied Materials, lord of semiconductor equipment, make money?

Applied Materials’ main products are wafer manufacturing related products, such as atomic layer deposition, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, electroplating, etching, ion implantation, rapid heat treatment, chemical mechanical polishing, metrology and silicon wafer inspection, etc., and include supporting software, Quality inspection services are provided to operating customers, such as various semiconductor manufacturers in wafer fabs and screen factories.

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