On May 17th, 2018, Gartner, SAST and SITI, and Shanghai Pudong IoT Innovation and Application Alliance held a Seminar on Semiconductor Market Analysis and 10 Top Investment at Jinqiao Base of SITI. The seminar invited Gartner VP of Research Mr. Samuel Wang, who is an expert on semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain, to give the key-note talk. The seminar attracted more than 20 participants from Pudong New District National Economy and Information Promotion Center, HiSilicon, Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corp., Huahong Group, Anlogic, Sunny Optical Technology, etc.

On the seminar, Mr. Samuel Wang gave a deep market analysis on semiconductor foundry development forecast, China semiconductor development status, 10 semiconductor investment opportunities in 2018, etc., covering fields of memory, foundry, IoT, AI, quantum computation, etc. During the discussion session, Samuel Wang and enterprise participants exchanged ideas on several technology markets such as China’s influence in memory field and the whole global semiconductor industry, and the trends of integrating wafer processing and sealing. The participants all expressed that the opportunity of discussing directly with Gartner expert is very helpful to seek out technology roadmap and investment opportunities.