In the space of six months, the global semiconductor industry turned from being one of the hottest sectors to being among the most beaten up and bruised. An economic downturn, continued Covid lockdowns in China, heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and harsher rules from Washington wiped close to $2 trillion off the value of listed chipmakers.
Now they\u2019re back. An extraordinary turnaround over the past month has added $600 billion to the value of these companies. The rebound hasn\u2019t been distributed equally, though, with some geographies and product sectors doing better than others.
<\/div><\/div>An analysis by Bloomberg Opinion of more than 220 listed global chip companies with a market value of at least $1 billion found investors have brushed off concerns over the US government\u2019s stricter rules on technology transfer to China. At the same time, semiconductor players in the world\u2019s second-largest economy have fared worse, despite recent moves to ease Covid Zero<\/a> and boost the local economy.