The 5G Network, semiconductors, and you!

According to Dummies.com:

Semiconductors are used extensively in electronic circuits. As its name implies, a semiconductor is a material that conducts current, but only partly. The conductivity of a semiconductor is somewhere between that of an insulator, which has almost no conductivity, and a conductor, which has almost full conductivity.

What does the 5G network have to do with semiconductors? According to O’Neill, CTO of Entegris:

As 5G and IoT devices proliferate the market, so does the demand for high-performance and reliable semiconductor chips. Adding to that, per a study by IDC, the volume of global data will increase 10x to 163 zettabytes (or one trillion gigabytes) by 2025, leading to more demand of integrated chips (ICs) as data storage, analysis and process will play a central role in 5G and IoT infrastructure.

With the full realization of 4IR is still years away, those in the semiconductor space must start preparing for the onslaught of demands…