Texas Instruments Sets High Expectations for the Chinese Market

During a media communication assembly on March 16, Jiang Han, Vice President of TI and President of TI China, said that the firm’s newest goal is to achieve $45 billion in income by 2030, with the development fee in China exceeding that of the world development fee.

According to Jiang, TI has been current in China for 37 years and regards China as considered one of the most vital markets in the world. TI boasts a various portfolio of 80,000 chip varieties and has invested over 10 billion yuan ($1.45 billion) in establishing an built-in wafer manufacturing facility in Chengdu, situated in China’s Sichuan Province. R&D groups have been established in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, whereas product distribution facilities have been established in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Jiang additionally talked about that TI’s second packaging and testing plant in Chengdu, which opened in 2018, will start working this yr. Upon attaining full-scale manufacturing, the packaging and testing capability in Chengdu will double.

Over the previous one to 2 years, there was a scarcity in automotive chip provide. However, over this yr, the demand for automotive chips has slowly eased, and a few are even involved that demand for these chips could diminish over the subsequent two years.

However, Jiang holds the perception that the demand for chips utilized in electrical automobiles is step by step on the rise, and TI’s capability growth goals to cater to long-term demand.

Last yr, information emerged that TI had plans to put off workers in China. However, throughout the assembly, Jiang reiterated that no worker had been laid off, though there have been sure useful resource changes made. Jiang additional added that TI will likely be hiring extra individuals this spring in comparison with final yr. “The market is here and the customers are here. It’s impossible that we will leave,” Jiang asserted.

According to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), world semiconductor gross sales skilled a slowdown in the second half of 2022. However, gross sales in 2022 nonetheless amounted to $573.5 billion, up 3.2% in contrast with $555.9 billion in 2021. Among these, China stays the largest market for chips globally, although its gross sales decreased by 6.3% to $180.3 billion in comparison with the earlier yr.

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Yicai reported that Ju Long, the Global Vice President of SEMI, an trade affiliation of corporations concerned in the provide chain for electronics design and manufacturing, said that the development fee of communication, shopper electronics, and knowledge facilities will decline in the upcoming years, whereas automotive and industrial semiconductors will expertise a speedy growth. SEMI and different analysts predict that the worldwide semiconductor market is predicted to achieve $1 trillion by 2030.

Ju talked about that SEMICON/FPDChina is ready to renew at the finish of June this yr, and its measurement has returned to that of the pre-pandemic period. This annual semiconductor occasion held in Shanghai has develop into the world’s largest for over ten consecutive years.

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