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Sensor Sales Remain Strong Amid Surge in ASPs
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Tight supplies of devices in automotive, industrial, and embedded-control applications drive up prices, causing double-digit percentage revenue growth in most sensor categories.
DRAM Sales Down 40% in 2H 2022
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Inflation and recession concerns stunt demand for PCs, smartphones, other consumer goods, leading to a 40% decline in 2H 2022 DRAM sales. The DRAM market often enjoys robust sales in the second half of the year when system makers place orders for memory to use in their new generation of products that they plan to release for the year-end holiday season. That scenario has not panned out this year.
Expectations Increase for a 2Q23 IC Market Rebound
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Given that the IC industry has never registered a four-quarter sequential IC market decline, expectations are high for a return to IC market growth beginning in 2Q23. Over its 60-year history, the IC industry is well known for its cyclical behavior. Looking back to the mid-1970s, there hasn’t been a period where the IC market declined for more than three quarters in a row.
Power Transistor Sales, ASP to Both Jump 11% in 2022
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Both power transistor sales and ASP are on pace to grow by 11% this year, according to IC Insights. Power transistor sales are on pace to grow by 11% in 2022 and expected to reach a sixth-straight record high level, totaling $24.5 billion this year, primarily because of the highest increase in the average selling price (ASP) for products in this large discrete semiconductor segment in more than a decade.
Automotive IC Market Share Seen Rising to 10% by 2026
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Market share gains are forecast to continue for the auto segment, with an 8.5% share expected this year and 9.9% share by the year 2026. The automotive IC market share has steadily increased since 1998, growing from 4.7% of total IC sales that year to 7.4% in 2021.
Automotive IC Marketshare Seen Rising to 10% by 2026
Reading time ( words) IC Insights released its 3Q Update to the 2022 McClean Report in August. This Update included a 2020-2026 IC database that segmented the IC market by major product type including Consumer, Auto, Computer, Industrial, Communications, and Government/Military end-use applications in the Americas, Europe, Japan, China, and Asia-Pacific regions.
Automotive IC Marketshare Seen Rising to 10% by 2026
Reading time ( words) IC Insights released its 3Q Update to the 2022 McClean Report in August. This Update included a 2020-2026 IC database that segmented the IC market by major product type including Consumer, Auto, Computer, Industrial, Communications, and Government/Military end-use applications in the Americas, Europe, Japan, China, and Asia-Pacific regions.
DRAM Market Deflates, Cyclical Downturn Looms
Reading time ( words) Monthly DRAM sales drop as end-users adjust inventory levels; consumer spending succumbs to inflation/recession pressure. A vigorous DRAM market upturn that started in the last half of 2020 and continued through May 2022 is, by all accounts, over, according to data released in IC Insights’ August 3Q Update to The McClean Report 2022. After posting its highest monthly sales volume in more than two years in May, DRAM sales tumbled 36% in June and another 21% in July.
CMOS Image Sensors Stall in 'Perfect Storm' of 2022
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights The CMOS image sensor market category is on track to suffer its first decline in 13 years, with sales expected to fall by 7% and unit shipments projected to drop by 11%. For most of the last two decades, strong growth in CMOS image sensors pushed this product category to the top of the optoelectronics market in terms of sales volume, generating over 40% of total opto-semiconductor annual revenues.
Memory Market Collapse to Propel TSMC to Top Spot in 3Q22 IC Ranking
Article By : IC Insights IC Insights expects foundry giant TSMC to surpass Samsung and take over the top spot in the semiconductor company sales ranking in 3Q22. IC Insights reduced its worldwide IC market growth forecast for 2022 from 11% to 7% in its August Quarterly Update to The McClean Report. The downgraded expectation for this year is almost entirely due to the collapse of the memory market in the second half of 2022.
Four Large Agreements Prop Up 2022 Semiconductor M&A Total
Four Large Agreements Prop Up 2022 Semiconductor M&A Total Without more megadeals, this year’s value of planned acquisitions will probably fall short of the annual average, says new update report. After slowing significantly in the last half of 2021, the pace of megadeals for semiconductor mergers and acquisitions regained momentum in the first six months of 2022, according to M&A data contained in IC Insights’ August 3Q Update of The McClean Report service.
Semi Capex On Pace for 21% Growth to $185.5B
August 24, 2022 | IC Insights Reading time ( words) IC Insights has adjusted its 2022 worldwide semiconductor capital-spending forecast that now shows a 21% increase this year, to $185.5 billion. The revised outlook, which was included in IC Insights’ recently released August 3Q Update to The McClean Report, represents a decrease from $190.4 billion and 24% growth that was forecast at the beginning of this year.
Semi Capex On Track for 21% Growth to $185.5B in 2022
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights IC Insights has lowered its 2022 worldwide semiconductor capital spending forecast to $185.5 billion, up by only 21% year-on-year. IC Insights has lowered its 2022 worldwide semiconductor capital spending forecast.
U.S. Chip Suppliers Continue to Dominate R&D Spending
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights American companies continue to account for more than half of the global chip industry's total spending on R&D, according to IC Insights. Despite political and national security concerns about the U.S. domestic semiconductor production, American companies continue to account for more than half of the global chip industry’s total spending on research and development, according to the latest annual analysis of R&D expenditures by IC Insights.
June Swoon-IC Sales Turn Negative as Economy Weighs on Market
Reading time ( words) The IC market recorded its first-ever June sequential sales decline this year, based on data from WEMA, SIA, and WSTS dating back to 1976. Typically, high single-digit or double-digit sales gains have been the pattern for June IC sales. Even in its previously weakest year (1985), June IC sales increased 1%. Never, until this year, have June IC sales declined. This extraordinary result was startling for at least two reasons.
IC Sales Turn Negative as Economy Weighs on Market
Article By : IC Insights The steep drop in memory pricing is the biggest contributor to the never-before seen decline in June IC market. The IC market recorded its first-ever June sequential sales decline this year, based on data from WEMA, SIA, and WSTS dating back to 1976. Typically, high single-digit or double-digit sales gains have been the pattern for June IC sales. Even in its previously weakest year (1985), June IC sales increased 1%. Never, until this year, have June IC sales declined.
Americas’ Chip Suppliers Continue to Dominate R&D Spending
Reading time ( words) Despite political and national security concerns about U.S. domestic semiconductor production, American companies continue to account for more than half of the global chip industry’s total spending on research and development, according to the latest annual analysis of R&D expenditures by IC Insights.
Are Micron and the Taiwanese Semiconductor Suppliers the Canaries in the Coal Mine?
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Early warning signs of a turning point in the semiconductor industry cycle becoming more evident. On June 30, 2022, Micron Technology Inc., the third largest memory supplier in the world, reported its fiscal third quarter (3Q) results that ended in May. These results were very strong, with the company posting sales of $8.6 billion, up 11% from the previous quarter and 19% higher than one-year earlier.
Fabless Suppliers Hold Record 34.8% Share of Global IC Sales
Reading time ( words) While there is a relatively close relationship between the annual market growth of the fabless IC suppliers and foundries, the sales growth rates of fabless IC companies versus IDM (integrated device manufacturers) IC suppliers have usually been very different.
Top Suppliers Enjoy Big Gains in Small NOR Flash Market
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights NOR unit shipments increased by 33% last year while the average selling price jumped by 23%, according to IC Insights. NOR flash memory represented only 4% of the total flash memory market in 2021, but sales of NOR flash devices soared by 63% last year to $2.9 billion, according to IC Insights’ 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022. NOR unit shipments increased by 33% last year while the average selling price jumped by 23%.
The Five Biggest MCU Suppliers Accounted for 82% of 2021 Sales
Article By : IC Insights After falling 7% in 2019 because of a weak global economy and then dropping 2% in 2020 due to the pandemic, MCU sales rebounded with a 27% increase in 2021 to a record-high $20.2 billion. Single-chip microcontrollers for embedded control and computing functions are ubiquitous and continue to be designed into more systems. Much of the new growth in MCUs is driven by embedded automation and the spread of sensors.
Despite Headwinds, Semiconductor Growth Still Seen at 11% in 2022
Article By : IC Insights IC Insights continues to anticipate an 11% increase in total semiconductor sales this year—the same growth rate that was forecast in January. Despite rampant inflation, soaring energy costs, ongoing glitches in supply chains, recent Covid-19 virus lockdowns in China, and Russia’s war with Ukraine, IC Insights continues to anticipate an 11% increase in total semiconductor sales this year—the same growth rate that was forecast in January.
Top Three Suppliers Held 94% of 2021 DRAM Marketshare
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Over the past 30 years, the DRAM market has been characterized by periods of spectacular growth and years of devastating crashes. Over the past 30 years, the DRAM market has been characterized by periods of spectacular growth and years of devastating crashes (Figure 1). Most recently, the DRAM market fell 37% in 2019 but soared 42% in 2021.
China-based IC Production to Represent 21% of China IC Market in 2026
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Although China has been the largest consuming country for ICs since 2005, it does not necessarily mean that large increases in IC production within China would immediately follow, or ever follow. A very clear distinction should be made between China’s IC market and China’s indigenous IC production.
Semiconductor R&D Spending to Rise 9% After Hitting Record in 2021
Reading time ( words) Research and development spending by semiconductor companies worldwide is forecast to grow 9% in 2022 to $80.5 billion after climbing by an above average 13% in 2021 to a record-high $71.4 billion, according to IC Insights’ soon-to-be-released 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022. Total R&D spending by semiconductor companies is expected to rise by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.5% between 2022 and 2026 to $108.6 billion.
Industry R&D Spending to Grow by 9% After Hitting Record High in 2021
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights Total R&D spending by semiconductor companies is expected to rise at a CAGR of 5.5% between 2022 and 2026 to $108.6 billion. Research and development (R&D) spending by semiconductor companies worldwide is forecast to grow by 9% in 2022 to $80.5 billion after climbing by an above average 13% in 2021 to a record-high $71.4 billion, according to IC Insights’ soon-to-be-released 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022.
Top 10 Companies Hold 57% of Global Semiconductor Market
Login Register Contact Us Article By : IC Insights The top 50 semiconductor suppliers, excluding pure-play foundries, represented 89% of the total $614.6 billion worldwide semiconductor market in 2021.
Wafer Capacity Forecast to Climb 8.7% as 10 New Fabs Enter Production
Reading time ( words) IC Insights’ February 1Q Update to The McClean Report 2022 includes an overview of IC industry capacity and wafer start trends from 2002 through 2026. The volatile nature of the IC industry is reflected by large swings in annual wafer starts. Over the past five years, for example, annual wafer start growth rates have ranged from -4.7% in 2019 to 19.0% growth in 2021.
Total IC Unit Shipments Forecast to Grow 9% this Year
Article By : IC Insights IC Insights forecasts global IC unit shipments will increase by 9.2% this year to 427.7 billion units, and resume tracking with the long-term IC unit CAGR of 9.4%. IC Insights forecasts worldwide IC unit shipments will increase by 9.2% this year to 427.7 billion units, and resume tracking with the long-term IC unit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.4%. This, according to IC Insights’ May 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022, which will be released next month.
Chinese Companies Hold Only 4% of Global IC Market Share
Article By : IC Insights The Taiwanese and Chinese companies have a very low share of the IDM portion of the IC market. Regional market shares of IDMs (companies with wafer fabs), fabless companies, and total IC sales were led by U.S. headquartered companies in 2021, according to IC Insights’ 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022 that will be released in May.
MCUs Get a Lift from Automotive After 2021 Rebound
Article By : IC Insights Tight supplies caused average selling prices to jump by 10% in 2021—the biggest increase in 25 years, according to IC Insights. Microcontroller (MCU) sales boomeranged back with strong growth in the economic recovery of 2021, when the MCU market climbed 23% to a record-high $19.6 billion after falling 2% in the 2020 outbreak year of the Covid-19 virus crisis, according to IC Insights’ 1Q Update to its 2022 McClean Report.
Analog market to sustain momentum throughout 2022
Article By : IC Insights Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analog chips in 2022 after sales in this IC category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021.
Analog Market to Sustain Momentum Throughout 2022
Article By : IC Insights Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analog chips in 2022 after sales in this IC category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021.
2022 to Mark Third Consecutive Year of Strong Growth for Foundry Market
Article By : IC Insights The 2020-2022 time period would mark the strongest three-year growth span for the total foundry market since 2002-2004. After dropping 2% in 2019, the foundry market logged a strong 21% rebound in 2020 as application processor and other telecom device sales into 5G smartphones acted as strong drivers. The foundry market continued its growth surge in 2021, registering a 26% jump.
Article By : IC Insights Global sales growth in total MPUs is expected to slide back in 2022 to an increase of just 7%, but still another record high for the MPU market at $110.4 billion.
Semiconductor Sales to Grow at 7% CAGR Through 2026
Article By : IC Insights Global semiconductor sales will rise 11% this year following a very strong 25% increase in 2021 and an 11% increase in 2020. Global semiconductor sales will rise 11% this year following a very strong 25% increase in 2021 and an 11% increase in 2020. This, according to IC Insights’ January Semiconductor Industry Flash Report, part of the 2022 McClean Report service.
O-S-D Revenues Surge in 2021
Article By : IC Insights Global sales of optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors each climbed to record-high levels in 2021. Worldwide sales of optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors (O-S-D) each climbed to record-high levels during the 2021 global economic rebound from the COVID-19 virus crisis and lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of the deadly pandemic.
IC Sales Forecast to Achieve Double-Digit Growth for Third Consecutive Year
Article By : IC Insights The IC market is expected to rise by 11% this year following a strong 26% increase in 2021 and a 13% jump in 2020. The IC market is expected to rise by 11% this year following a strong 26% increase in 2021 and a 13% jump in 2020. This, according to IC Insights’ January Semiconductor Industry Flash Report, which is included as part of the 2022, 25th edition of The McClean Report service.
Semiconductor Content in Electronic Systems Reached Record High in 2021
Article By : IC Insights The value of semiconductor content in electronic systems reached 33.2% last year, surpassing the previous record high set in 2018. As hyper-scalers gang supercomputing clusters to support AI and other high-end automation workloads, infrastructure providers are looking for better ways to manage HPC clusters, collections of servers linked via high-speed networks.
Semiconductor Content in Electronic Systems Reached Record High in 2021
Article By : IC Insights The value of semiconductor content in electronic systems reached 33.2% last year, surpassing the previous record high set in 2018. Historically, the driving force behind the higher average annual growth rate of the semiconductor industry as compared to the electronic systems market is the increasing value or content of semiconductors used in electronic systems (Figure 1).
2022 Semiconductor Sales to Grow 11% After Surging 25% in 2021
Article By : IC Insights Total semiconductor sales in 2022 are forecast to grow by 11% and reach a record-high $680.6 billion, according to IC Insights.
SigmaTron International, Inc. and Wagz, Inc. Announce Closing
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. and PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Jan. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SigmaTron International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMA) (“SigmaTron”), an electronic manufacturing services company and Wagz, Inc. (“Wagz”), a privately-held pet technology (“Pet Tech”) company, today announced that the pending Merger Agreement (“Agreement”), has closed on December 31, 2021. As previously announced in our press release dated December 10, 2021, the objective was to close the transaction by the end of calendar 2021.
WISeKey Announces Full Year 2021 Preliminary Results with
WISeKey Announces Full Year 2021 Preliminary Results with Revenue of $22.2 Million, a 50% Increase from Full Year 2020; Now holds a Record Backlog of $39 Million for IoT Products Stretching into 2023 | | Rate | Review | More IC News Rate This Article 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star WISeKey Announces Full Year 2021 Preliminary Results with Revenue of $22.
QuickLogic Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2021 Results
QuickLogic Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2021 Results | | Rate | Review | More IC News Rate This Article 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022 — (PRNewswire) — QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) ("QuickLogic" or the "Company"), a developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, and Endpoint AI solutions, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, ended January 2, 2022.
17 Semiconductor Companies Forecast to Have >$10B Sales in 2021
Article By : IC Insights Around 17 companies are forecast to have worldwide semiconductor sales of more than $10 billion in 2021, according to IC Insights. Around 17 companies are forecast to have worldwide semiconductor (IC and O-S-D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales of more than $10 billion in 2021, according to IC Insights’ 25th edition of The McClean Report.
IC Market Forecast to Grow 11% in 2022
Article By : IC Insights At 26%, the 2021 IC market is forecast to log its highest growth rate since 2010. The figure below shows the 1Q/4Q IC market direction indicator that IC Insights developed 24 years ago.
Annual Revenue Growth to Skyrocket Among Top 25 Chip Companies
Article By : IC Insights Big gains in AI/ML, 5G infrastructure provide strong boost to sales growth at AMD, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm this year. The semiconductor market is forecast to increase 23% this year, fueled by changing habits caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic rebound from it in 2021.
Snažan godišnji rast prihoda proizvođača poluvodiča
Sve češće korištenje umjetne inteligencije, strojnog učenja i implementacija 5G infrastrukture veliki su poticaj rastu prodaje u AMD-a, MediaTeka, Nvidie i Qualcomma ove godine. Za razliku od njih Intel i Sony imaju pad prodaje. IC Insights’ November The McClean Reporta rangirao je 25 najboljih dobavljača poluvodiča poredanih prema stopi rasta prodaje.
Nakon rasta 41% očekuje se pad cijene DRAM memorije u Q4 2021
Gorden Knezović15. studenoga 2021.Nakon rasta 41% očekuje se pad cijene DRAM memorije u Q4 20212021-11-15T12:40:26+01:00Hardver i ispis Cijene DRAM-a (Dynamic Random Access Memory) porasle su za 41% u prvih osam mjeseci 2021. godine, s 3,37 američkih dolara u siječnju na 4,77 dolara u kolovozu. Rujanski cijena DRAM-a pala je 3% na 4,62 dolara, što je i dalje povećanje od 37% u odnosu na početak godine. Tako snažno povećanje cijene i oporavak tržišta očekivali su se u 2020. nakon vrlo teške 2019.
After Strong Gains, DRAM Prices Expected To Retreat in 4Q21
Article By : IC Insights DRAM prices soared 41% through the first eight months of 2021, rising from $3.37 in January to $4.77 in August, according to IC Insights. DRAM prices soared 41% through the first eight months of 2021, rising from $3.37 in January to $4.77 in August, according to IC Insights. September’s DRAM ASP slipped 3% to $4.62, which still was a 37% increase from the beginning of the year (Figure 1).
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