By Kella Knack, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Avishtech
Kella Knack
2023: The Year of Refining the Role of EDA Toolsets
One year ago, as an industry as well as a country and world, we were dealing with the remnants of COVID-19 and its resultant effects on business. Those efforts centered on a variety of global issues—fabrication facilities having limited manufacturing staffs and production capabilities; “rolling” shut downs of various facilities; materials shortages; shipping capabilities and cost, and most impactful, the global chip shortage.
The “Sort of” Cloudy Crystal Ball for ‘23
As we move towards the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, we are still challenged by on-going global chip shortages. And, there are also two more significant wrinkles:
- The war in the Ukraine (which has significantly reduced our arsenal of support equipment).
- The ongoing/growing concern about China’s potential takeover of Taiwan that could compromise our access to crucial electronic manufacturing facilities.
There are some silver linings resulting from the foregoing: new defense contracts the likes of which we have not seen in a long time and U.S.-based chip manufacturing operations that will help to address the global chip shortage and relieve our strong dependency on Taiwanese manufacturing operations.
