https://steveblank.com/2022/01/25/the-semiconductor-ecosystem/ The Semiconductor Ecosystem We’re seeing the digital transformation of everything . Semiconductors – chips that process digital information — are in almost everything: computers, cars, home appliances, medical equipment, etc. Semiconductor companies will sell $600 billion worth of chips this year. Looking at the figure below, the industry seems pretty simple. Companies in the semiconductor ecosystem make chips (the triangle on the left) and sell them to companies and government agencies (on the right). Those companies and government agencies then design the chips into systems and devices (e.g. iPhones, PCs, airplanes, cloud computing, etc.), and sell them to consumers, businesses, and governments. The revenue of products that contain chips is worth tens of t rillions of dollars. Yet, given how large it is, the industry remains a mystery to most. If you do think of the semiconductor industry at all, you