Databeans Predicts
Semiconductor Markets – Worldwide

In tracking an industry that craves factual certainty, driven by the high risk of expansion, and an even loftier price for coming in second or third, Databeans presents our 2004 outlook for leading product lines in the semiconductor market. Checking back on our January 2003 projection for the semiconductor industry, it appears that the market performed as Databeans predicted, an increase to roughly $165 billion worldwide (our projection published last January was $164.6 billion)...
 

2003 Analog Market Share
Analog Markets – Worldwide

2003 saw a definite improvement in analog market conditions. Strong growth in power management, mixed signal and wireless specific products helped advance the analog market up 12% in 2003. Databeans expects this trend to continue due to improved performance in the other application specific markets, which should pull the overall analog market up 18% this year...

Integrated Circuit Demand in China
Semiconductor Markets – Worldwide

Databeans Inc. has just completed a primary research project on integrated circuit demand in China. With a population of 1.3 billion people, China is the largest developing country in the world, and it has tremendous potential for growth. Databeans estimates that due to rapid growth in telecommunications manufacturing, and growing capacity in the consumer and computer markets, China's IC consumption in 2009 will amount to 25 percent of worldwide IC revenue, or $69 billion...

Foundry Analog Production
Analog Markets – Worldwide

Due to rapid growth in the number of new entrants into the mixed-signal and analog ASSP supplier base, and the continued efforts by existing players to control costs, Databeans concludes that foundry production of analog is on the rise. Databeans estimates that while large independent device manufacturers continue to produce the majority amount of product internally, the outsourcing trend has kicked up and foundries now account for close to 30 percent of global analog production. This amounts to a market value of over $7.5 billion...
 

Semiconductor Consumption in Medical Electronics
Applications Markets – Worldwide

Medical applications that use semiconductors make up 34% of the total medical device market, which is estimated at $174 billion. Databeans estimates that revenue from these electronic applications combined, is growing at an average annual growth rate of 18% over the next five years, resulting in a market worth $179 billion by 2009. This is slightly higher than the entire medical device market today...
 

Growth Continues for High Performance Analog
Analog Markets – Worldwide

High performance analog products are high-speed, high resolution, and highly efficient. Examples of products include high-speed LVDS interface, high resolution application specific mixed-signal used in base stations, highly efficient Class D audio power amplifiers used in consumer electronics, and efficient switching regulator ICs. High speed analog revenue is estimated at $8.2 billion in 2003...

Databeans Predicts Strong Growth for High Volume Analog ASSPs
Analog ASSP Markets – Worldwide
 

Consumer and computer products can typically require analog content worth $20, in terms of ASP, including both application specific solutions and high performance linear products. Wireless handsets contain $10 to $15 worth of analog and mixed-signal products, including charge controllers, power supply ICs, mixed-signal audio, and transceivers...

Strong Growth Expected for Clock
Generation and Distribution Revenue
Computer Logic Markets – Worldwide

Clock generation and distribution products are required to support microprocessor based electronics. In a PC, for example, several copies of a clock signal, originating from an oscillator are required for the other circuits to function harmoniously. Clock generation devices are used to produce these copies. Clock distribution circuits are then used to distribute the generated clock signals and synchronize system operations...
 

Market Dynamics in Automotive Semiconductor Markets
Semiconductor Markets – Worldwide

The automotive market has recently attracted new attention (and some re-visitation) from semiconductor suppliers around the globe. In 2001, when the worldwide semiconductor market dropped by 32 percent, the automotive semiconductor market dropped only 1 percent. This has been a very stable market over the last few years and suppliers have taken notice...
 

The Industrial Semiconductor Market
Industrial Semiconductor Markets – Worldwide

The industrial market has regained momentum of late, primarily driven by disappointing performance in the higher volume markets in the not so recent past. And no wonder. This is not a small market by any means, reaching nearly $14.5 billion this year...

Power Surge
Analog Markets – Worldwide

Power management continues to quietly outperform several of the more celebrated product markets, including microprocessors. And while much of the growth attributed to the strong market in 2004 was compounded by rising prices and increased unit demand in the DRAM market, power management continued to deliver strong results that match the performance of the overall semiconductor market...