According to the Global Risk Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2020 and 2021, if the global temperature rises by 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030, wildfires, storms, and famine will follow.

Taiwan-based PC component specialists have moved to strengthen their presence in the networking, server, electric vehicle (EV) and other non-PC sectors amid a slowdown in shipment dynamics in the consumer electronics market, according to industry sources.

End demand weakness in consumer markets, including PC and smartphones, has dragged down significantly the global memory industry bit demand, according to Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology. And despite the still-strong datacenter end demand, Micron has seen some enterprise OEM customers intend to pare back their memory and storage inventory, said Mehrotra.