Generative AI will inevitably move away from cloud services, which used to rely heavily on data centers and leave some private and real-time information to be processed on “edge” devices.

The installed capacity of wafer fabrication will exceed 40 million wafers per quarter (in 300mm wafer equivalent), increasing by 1.2% in the first quarter of 2024 and an anticipated 1.4% rise in the second quarter, according to recent research conducted by SEMI in collaboration with TechInsights. China has the fastest capacity growth rate compared to all other areas.

Blue carbon refers to the carbon captured by the world’s oceanic and coastal ecosystems. Protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrass meadows has been heralded as a way to achieve net-zero emissions goals by storing vast amounts of “blue carbon.”