Himfr.com Reports The Semiconductor Market Consumer Equipment Sales Will Drop 13% In 2009
According to market research firm IDC recently released study reports that in 2008
difficult macroeconomic environment led to decline in personal income growth and personal consumer spending levels dropped significantly. This is for the consumer electronics market and semiconductor suppliers in this market had a significant impact. In 2008 worldwide semiconductor market in consumer equipment sales revenue was 42.9 billion U.S. dollars, more than 44 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, a decrease of 2.6%.Although the overall semiconductor market in consumer equipment sales in 2008 declined, however, there is still growth in specific application areas. Digital TV and set-top box semiconductor market revenue grew by 7.2% and 10.6%. In contrast, DVD players / recorders semiconductor market revenues fell by 1.7%. Portable media players and video game consoles semiconductor market, sales decreased by 10.5% and 11%.
This new study, IDC report mainly analyzes the semiconductor market consumer devices the application of the five major areas: digital television, set-top boxes, DVD players, video game consoles and portable media players. In the "other" category also includes digital still cameras, digital video recorders, digital photo frames, personal navigation devices and GPS devices, digital home radio products, high-definition receivers, consumer projector, white appliances and various other consumer products.
Because there are five main application areas and many small applications, consumer semiconductor market is full of competition and diversity. The decentralized nature of this market for many large and small suppliers an opportunity. This market, the top 20 vendors accounted for the consumer semiconductor market share in less than two-thirds.
Toshiba ranked No. 1 in this market, the market share of 10.2%. Samsung Electronics ranked second in market share of 8.5%. Renesas Technology ranked third, the market share of 4.9%. STMicroelectronics ranked fourth, the market share of 4.6%. NEC Electronics ranked fifth in market share of 3.9%.
IDC predicts that in 2009 the global semiconductor market in consumer equipment sales revenue will continue to decline more than 13%, and then in 2010, a modest 1% growth. Future growth of this market depends on many factors, including more functionality into smart phones and other devices. This integration will reduce the number of integrated circuit devices. As the decline in consumer spending will remain the situation, the market in sales by 2013 will not be restored to the level before the economic recession.
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