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          facturer; this data really helps to improve your     offers from a myriad of suppliers and continue

          position and the position of your company. If you    developing products with a healthy life cycle, you
          consolidate more than 3,000 suppliers on an          will utilize the power of the E-commerce mar-
          E-commerce marketplace, you immediately have         ketplace. It truly will transform the way OCMs
          an impression and oversight of global inventory,     and OEMs will do business in the next decade to
          pricing and trends that will have immediate im-      come.
          pact on the industry.
                                                               The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked untold
          What’s even better is that the more people use       havoc upon our lives, both personal and profes-
          the marketplace, the more this data grows, im-       sional. For the semiconductor industry, it re-

          proves and becomes even more detailed and            vealed how tenuous the global supply chain really
          reliable. Users will be able to see and track how    is and how even one break in that chain can lead
          inventory levels are developing around the globe,    to drastic consequences. What will happen when
          the price trends that are causing dips or surges in   the next world-shaking and defining moment
          the component market and possible disruptions        comes? For us in the semiconductor industry,
          that will develop in one’s own supply chain as a     if we utilize the power of digitalization now and
          consequence of world events. Better yet, this mar-   the unfathomed market intelligence afforded by

          ketplace and its wide array of suppliers will lend   E-commerce marketplaces, we will not have to
          way to developing new supply chain routes when       worry about the answer to that question. Our
          the next, inevitable market disruption occurs.       supply chains will only become strengthened,                      Power devices market
                                                               broadened and diversified through the power of
          Our customers have told us that integration will     the E-commerce marketplace and the big data it                    evolution and related
          be a crucial part of any digital development and     provides. Do not wait. Take part in the transfor-
          transformation in our industry. This means that      mation today.                                                     technical developments
          if you want to avoid shortages, research the best


                                                                                                                                 By Elena Barbarini, PhD., Semiconductor Devices Department Director, System
                                                                                                                                 Plus Consulting and Ana Villamor, PhD., Technology & Market Analyst, Power
                                                                                                                                 Electronics, Yole Développement (Yole)



                                                                                                                                 Nowadays, we are living in an era driven by          be developed to transport the electricity. Energy
                                                                                                                                 electrification and automatization, with a spe-      consumption will decrease by using more effi-
                                                                                                                                 cial focus on reducing pollution and increasing      cient converters. The use of different technolo-

                                                                                                                                 efficiencies, and the power electronics mar-         gies or packaging materials will also contribute to
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                                                                                                                                 ket is evolving to achieve these goals. High CO      a cleaner environment.
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                                                                                                                                 emissions need to decrease to achieve a cleaner
                                                                                                                                 environment, and a significant part of this re-      The global power electronics market is worth
                 ▶ What’s next for Power Electronics 2021 – Power Management and Smart Energy
                                                                                                                                 duction can be reached by vehicle electrification.   $17.5 billion and will grow with a 4.3% Compound
                                                                                                                                 The major countries in the world have already        Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) from 2019-2025 .
                 ▶ Transforming the semiconductor market post-COVID using digital tools and big
                                                                                                                                 committed to reach carbon-neutrality by 2050,        Within this market, we can differentiate two dif-
                data to break barriers                                                                                           even though to reach this goal, more clean ener-     ferent major driving components: discretes and
                                                                                                                                 gy sources are needed, and infrastructure has to     modules.


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