Major trends in the semiconductor industry: More efficient power generation, transmission and consumption

For the past four decades, the semiconductor industry has always been the front-runner in the IT revolution. The technology provided has made communication more convenient, business operations more efficient, and allowing consumers to have more information, and of course, better entertainment. Experience.

Dave Bell, chief executive of Intersil, pointed out that the semiconductor industry's activity has brought amazing benefits: the use of continuous innovations in process technology to create smaller, faster and cheaper IC.

The list goes on. Compared to IBM mainframes throughout the room in the late 1960s, the latest mobile phones are even more powerful. Medical experts have access to portable medical tools that used to be found only in science fiction. In 2010, India introduced a tablet computer with a price of only 35 US dollars and was officially launched in May this year.

Dave Bell, CEO of Intersil, pointed out that the semiconductor industry's activity has brought about a staggering advantage: Continuous innovations using process technologies have resulted in smaller, faster, and cheaper ICs. This kind of technological development that “makes things simple and complicated” has provided huge benefits to the U.S. and global economy, and it continues to continue. In recent years, information technology driven by faster and cheaper wafers has drastically reduced US inflation and allowed double-digit growth in productivity.

What's next? Dave Bell believes that the industry’s current active development trend is to apply technology successfully to more efficient power generation, power transmission, and consumption. “Smart grid” is a good example. One of its important goals is to operate equipment or recharge vehicles when there is excess electricity, and to save energy when electricity spikes are used, which can improve the efficiency of electricity consumption. Integrating intelligent power conversion ICs and communication functions into the device will enable this important mechanism.

Power ICs also help limit power wastage. For the moment, about two-thirds of the electricity is wasted because of the aging of the electricity network. These old devices must be replaced by "self-healing systems," which consist of devices that combine sensing, communication, memory, and processing elements.

Dave Bell said that the new generation of ICs can add control and intelligence to simple systems, thereby improving power generation efficiency and achieving new, satisfying cost-saving features in energy conservation. The electronics industry community must also continue to address the issue of lack of uniform deployment standards and apply ICs to the "Smart Grid." I believe that the situation is already in progress. When standards emerge, IC will continue to change the way we generate, transmit and consume energy. Finally, by working with energy producers, carriers, electronics manufacturers, and consumers, semiconductor companies are in an extremely unique position that can influence the world to respond correctly and effectively to emerging energy and environmental challenges.

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