 While the world at large tries to put itself back together from the fallout caused by COVID-19, the semiconductor industry is doing more than just fine. Several reports from network infrastructure giant Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO and memory chip maker Micron Technology NASDAQ: MU provided an early indication that several years worth of technology development is getting compressed into 2020 due to the pandemic. The worlds largest chip manufacturing outfit, Taiwan Semiconductor NYSE: TSM, is perhaps the best proof yet of this. 