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Automotive IC market-share seen rising to 10% by 2026
<p>IC Insights released its 3Q Update to the 2022 McClean Report in August.</p>
CMOS image sensors stall in ‘perfect storm’ of 2022
<p><strong>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…
Memory market collapse to lift TSMC to top spot in 3Q22 ranking
<p>In its August Quarterly Update to The McClean Report released last month, IC Insights reduced its worldwide IC market growth forecast for 2022 from 11% to 7%.</p>
Four large agreements prop-up 2022 semiconductor M&A total
<p>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. This is according…
Micron and the Taiwanese semi suppliers: coal mine canaries?
<p>IC Insights reports on semiconductor sales and considers the implications of the semi market based on the experiences of Micron and other major foundries such as TSMC.</p>
Top 5 MPU suppliers expand share of sales to 86% in 2021
<p>Despite economic troubles brewing this year, total microprocessor sales are expected to maintain double-digit percentage growth in 2022, rising nearly 12% to a record-high $114.8bn, thanks…
The five biggest MCU suppliers accounted for 82% of 2021 sales
<p>Single-chip microcontrollers for embedded control and computing functions are ubiquitous and continue to be designed into more systems.</p>
Semiconductor growth at 11% despite 2022 headwinds
<p><strong>Quarterly update shows higher gains in microprocessors and power discretes this year, but lower sales increases in optoelectronics while the global economy faces greater risks.</strong></p>
Microcontrollers get a lift from automotive
<p><strong>Microcontroller sales boomeranged back with strong growth in the economic recovery of 2021, when the MCU market climbed 23% to a record-high $19.6bn after falling two percent in the…
Analogue market momentum to continue throughout 2022
<p><strong>Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analogue integrated circuits in 2022 after sales in this semiconductor category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021,…
Microprocessor growth will slow in 2022 after smartphone MPU surge
<p>Total microprocessor sales in 2021 maintained strength, growing 14% to a record-high $102.9 billion after climbing 16% in 2020, when COVID lockdowns drove up demand for personal computers…
Semiconductor sales to rise at 7.1% CAGR through 2026
<p>IC Insights has released its comprehensive forecast and analysis of the worldwide semiconductor industry in its January <em>Semiconductor Industry Flash Report</em> – part of the…
IC Insights on the automotive industry IC shortage
<p>IC Insights has updated and released its comprehensive forecast and analysis of the worldwide semiconductor industry in its January Semiconductor Industry Flash Report, which is included as…
Semiconductor sales to grow 11% after surging 25% in 2021
<p><strong>Above average increases are expected in all major product categories, which will lift the global market to record-high revenues in 2022 despite growth rates easing from last year’s…
Chip M&A deals reach $22bn in first 8 months of 2021
<p><strong>After a record-high start in Q1 2021, semiconductor M&a (merger and acquisition) announcements cool off without the 'megadeals' seen in 2020, says new report.</strong></p>
Samsung passes Intel to become world’s largest semi supplier
<p><strong>IC Insights released its August Update to the 2021 McClean Report this month, which includes a review of the top 25 semiconductor sales leaders for 2Q21. The top ten suppliers for…
Robust growth rates expected for most IC products in 2021
<p><strong>Special purpose logic, DRAM, cell phone MPUs, and display drivers forecast to lead industry-wide upturn as demand extends into the second half of the year. IC Insights recently…
Automotive MCU sales to surge 23% in 2021
<p><strong>Automotive MCU sales to surge 23% in 2021 despite shortages according to the Mid-Year Update report. 32-bit designs are expected to generate almost 77% of automotive microcontroller…
IC Insights raises its 2021 worldwide IC Market Forecast to +24%
<p><strong>In this month’s June Update to The McClean Report, IC Insights has presented its latest forecasts for the 2021 through 2025 IC market segmented by 33 major product types, 32 of…
Automotive IC marketshare slips in 2020
<p><strong>In this month’s June Update to The McClean Report, IC Insights has presented its forecast for IC usage by major product type and end-use application (i.e., computer, communications,…