The automotive IC market is forecast to increase at an average annual growth rate of 6.7 percent, which is the highest growth among six major end-use IC applications, from 2014 to 2019, according to the latest research from IC Insights. The sector’s strong growth is driven by increasing IC content for systems that assist, automate and communicate, said…
Global revenues for optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors (O-S-D) are expected to reach $66.4 billion in 2015, up three percent from 2014 when sales rose by nine percent, according to IC Insights. The two biggest contributors to slow growth are sensors/actuators and discretes, which have struggled with consistent growth after rebounding in 2014,…
The global IC market forecast has been revised down from one percent growth to negative one percent, according to IC Insight’s October update to The McClean Report. The market researcher attributes the weaker IC market outlook to a slowing China economy, strong U.S. dollar, and falling DRAM average selling prices (ASPs). However, IC Insights is…
The average selling price (ASP) for microcontrollers is expected to continue on a downward spiral, which is good news for buyers, but bad news for the bottom line of many MCU manufacturers. Currently, unit shipments are surging but falling prices are keeping revenue growth in check, according to IC Insights. IC Insight’s mid-year forecast reports…
The CMOS image sensor market is on track to grow 15 percent in 2015, reaching $10.1 billion, after a strong increase of 19 percent in 2014, according to IC Insights. This is after only four percent growth in 2013 due to price erosion and inventory corrections in the camera phone market, said the market researcher.…
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) has announced it is collaborating with Skookum Digital Works to offer the “Innovation Launch Pad,” a five-day, immersive-learning “boot camp” for companies looking to bring innovative and profitable “Internet of Things” (IoT) ideas to market. “IoT is poised to disrupt entire business models and industries, but companies looking to bring innovative…
Despite shrinking shipments for PCs, tablets, and ultra-mobiles, shipments of phablets – phone/tablet hybrids – are expected to grow 66 percent in 2015, according to new research from IC Insights. This translates into 252 million units of large-screen smartphones, with displays of 5 inches or larger, shipping this year, up from 152 million units sold…
The semiconductor industry appears to be firing on all cylinders, experiencing good demand across multiple industries including automotive, communications, industrial, medical, and the emerging Internet of Things (IoT). The top 20 semiconductor manufacturers increased sales by nine percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of last year, according to the…
Communication and computer system demand is expected to drive the greatest percentage of growth for IC sales in all regions in 2015, according to a new IC Insights report. Communication applications is forecast to hold about 41 percent of IC sales in Asia-Pacific and 39 percent of the revenue in the Americas this year. Computer…
Total top 10 market share of semiconductor industry now back over 50%. IC Insights will release its April Update to the 2015 McClean Report later this month. The Update includes the final 2014 company sales rankings for the top 50 semiconductor and top 50 IC companies, and the leading IC foundries. Also included are 2014 IC company sales rankings for various…