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Friday 20 July 2018
Semi content in electronic systems forecast to reach 31.4% in 2018, says IC Insights
The global electronic systems market will grow 5% to US$1,622 billion in 2018, while the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to surge by 14% this year to US$509.1 billion exceeding...
Friday 29 June 2018
China semi capex to be larger than Europe and Japan combined in 2018, says IC Insights
IC Insights has forecast that China-headquartered companies will spend US$11.0 billion in semiconductor industry capex in 2018, which would represent 10.6% of the expected worldwide...
Monday 4 June 2018
Automotive IC market on pace for 3rd consecutive record year
The automotive IC market is on pace to grow 18.5% to a new record high of US$32.3 billion in 2018, surpassing the previous record of US$27.2 billion set last year, according to IC...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
IC Insights raises semiconductor capex growth forecast for 2018
IC Insights has revised upward its semiconductor industry capex growth forecast for 2018 to 14% from 8%. The industry capital spending is also forecast to exceed US$100 billion for...
Thursday 17 May 2018
Most of top-15 semi suppliers register double-digit gains in 1Q18, says IC Insights
The world's top-15 semiconductor companies' sales surged by 26% in the first quarter of 2018 compared to a year ago, six points higher than the total worldwide semiconductor industry...
Thursday 10 May 2018
CMOS image sensor sales to hit another record high in 2018, says IC Insights
The spread of digital camera applications in vehicles, machine vision, human recognition and security systems, as well as for more powerful camera phones will drive CMOS image sensor...
Thursday 3 May 2018
TI expands lead among top analog suppliers in 2017, says IC Insights
Texas Instruments (TI) was again the leading supplier of analog integrated circuits in 2017, with US$9.9 billion in revenues and an 18% market share, according to IC Insights.
Thursday 26 April 2018
TSMC continues to dominate global foundry market, says IC Insights
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continued to lead the global IC foundry market in 2017, with sales of US$32.2 billion, according to IC Insights. TSMC's 2017 sales...
Friday 13 April 2018
Semiconductor leaders continue to gain market share
The world's leading semiconductor suppliers have significantly increased their combined market share over the past decade. According to IC Insights, the top-5 semiconductor suppliers...
Monday 26 March 2018
China playing bigger role in global fabless IC market, says IC Insights
China-based companies have shown the largest fabless IC market share gain since 2010, according to IC Insights. China-based fabless chipmakers collectively captured an only 5% share...
Friday 16 March 2018
IC Insights raises 2018 chip market growth forecast
IC Insights has raised its IC market growth forecast for 2018 to 15% from 8% estimated previously. The revision was made due to higher-than-expected output value of the DRAM segmen...
Friday 2 March 2018
Almost 100 IC wafer fabs closed or repurposed from 2009-2017, says IC Insights
Semiconductor manufacturers around the world have closed or repurposed 92 wafer fabs from 2009-2017, according to data compiled by IC Insights.
Friday 23 February 2018
Integrated circuit technology advances continue to amaze, IC Insights finds
The success and proliferation of integrated circuits has largely hinged on the ability of IC manufacturers to continue offering more performance and functionality for the money, according...
Thursday 22 February 2018
Top 10 semiconductor R&D spenders increase outlays 6% in 2017, says IC Insights
The 10 largest semiconductor R&D spenders increased their collective expenditures to US$35.9 billion in 2017, an increase of 6% compared to US$34.0 billion in 2016, according...
Monday 12 February 2018
New IC manufacturing lines to boost total industry wafer capacity by 8%, says IC Insights
IC industry wafer capacity, specifically in the memory segment, was inadequate to meet demand throughout 2017. However, new IC manufacturing lines are expected to boost industry capacity...