By Henry Chang Jie Shen May 29, 2024Urges Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, to work on getting more fabs built in region
Ajit outlined the three transformative waves fueling the industry's trajectory: the Internet of Things , Artificial Intelligence , and Quantum Computing. One example Ajit, who has been President of SEMI for seven years, likes to cite, as an example of the turbo charged growth of the industry is in how fast industry sales will grow.
That may be a stretch, but management consultants McKinsey & Co have mapped out the US$1 trillion projection by 2030. Growth will be powered by the automotive sector with a CAGR in the mid teen percent of 13%-15% from 2021-2030, with computing and data storage to see slowest growth of 4% to 6% CAGR from 2021 to 2030.
Despite that, Ajit cautioned that an additional 50 fabs would likely be needed by 2030 to fully realize the digital transformation unlocked by the three disruptive waves predicted.“We need to create more hubs and redundancies so we can be more ready for any calamities or pandemic,” he explained.