The mid-year update also showed how analog unit shipments grew 15% in 2013 to become the first IC product category to ship more than 100 billion units in a calendar year period. Further growth is expected and is forecast to grow another 12.4% in 2014. In 1980, analog ICs represented 32% of total IC shipments, but that increased to nearly 40% in 1990, 46% in 2000, 49% in 2010, and is forecast to grow to 57% of total IC shipments in 2018.
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Analog unit growth is expected to be much more robust than other IC categories due to demand for medical/health electronics, LED lighting systems, and green energy management systems (lighting, temperature, security, etc.) for homes and commercial buildings. Starting in 2013 and in each year through 2018, analog IC unit growth is forecast to exceed total IC unit growth.
