Agentic AI. Inferencing shifts. Supply chain strain. Geopolitical realignment.

The semiconductor industry is not adjusting. It is transforming.

Helen Chiang, IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiconductor Research Lead, maps five structural forces reshaping the industry right now. This excerpt gives you the framework.

What You'll Learn

  • The five forces restructuring semiconductors in 2026
  • Why agentic AI is the biggest hardware demand driver through 2030
  • How inferencing is shifting from GPUs to ASICs
  • Where supply chain pressure is building fastest
  • How the geopolitical self-reliance race is redrawing the global chip map
  • Why China's AI chip market is outpacing most forecasts

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