Survey predicts chip industry will slow down through 2020

The semiconductor industry’s executives believe that growth will slow down to a trickle in 2017 and further slow through 2020, according to a survey of executives by accounting firm KPMG.
About 57 percent of executives believe the industry will show positive growth, with most predicting 1 percent to 5 percent growth. That’s not so far from the forecast by the chip trade statistics group, World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, which predicts revenue growth of 3 percent in 2017 and 2 pe