Global semiconductor continued to grow in 2015

Market research institutions estimate that due to the continuous expansion of sales of information and communication products in emerging markets such as mainland China, and the rapid increase in the demand for various sensors and low-power, small-size chips in IoT applications, the global semiconductor industry is expected to grow in 2015. Maintaining an upward growth pattern, the total output value increased by 7.6% compared with 2014.

In 2014, thanks to the growth in demand for smartphones, the stabilization of personal computers (PC) and notebook computers (NB), and the increase in the penetration rate of 4G, the global output value of integrated circuit (IC) semiconductors will grow by 7.6%. At the same time, in the IC design market, the overall market is still expected to grow by 5.3%, although high-standard and low-price brings considerable price pressure.