The Top 10 Semiconductor Companies on our List of Critical Companies to Watch

The global chip shortage has renewed the world's focus on the semiconductor chip and manufacturing space. But these shortages are but one of many hot issues in which the semiconductor industry plays a key role.

This gallery highlights the top semiconductor companies to watch this year and why the technical community should closely follow their developments.

John Blyler is a Design News senior editor, covering the electronics and advanced manufacturing spaces. With a BS in Engineering Physics and an MS in Electrical Engineering, he has years of hardware-software-network systems experience as an editor and engineer within the advanced manufacturing, IoT and semiconductor industries. John has co-authored books related to system engineering and electronics for IEEE, Wiley, and Elsevier