According to a recent survey by Semico Research, artificial voice (AI) voice-activated ASIC designs are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 20% until 2021, almost all of ASIC design growth between 2016 and 2021 Double the rate (10.1%).
With the popularity of voice-activated digital assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home and the widespread fanatical design of artificial intelligence (AI), startups and incumbents are aggressively developing wafers, adding voice-activated features to their products, and other AI features , Especially in the area of consumption.
According to Rich Wawrzyniak, senior research analyst at ASIC / SoC at Semico, artificial intelligence will appear in nearly every device and application in the coming years in a variety of forms, such as graphics recognition, speech recognition and language translation - these devices And applications have a processor, DSP or FPGA, and some degree of computing resources.
Wawrzyniak said: 'To a certain extent, these types of functions in every level and segment needs exist, we think these features will become a necessity anyway, and may lead to the next wave of semiconductor market growth. '
Semico's 2017 ASIC Design Project Report, written by Wawrzyniak, predicts ASIC product shipments will grow 10.1% between 2016 and 2021, driven primarily by industrial and consumer market growth and, on the other hand, Last year, global ASIC shipments grew 7.7%.
According to the report, many traditional terminal applications began to slow down due to market saturation and demand reduction, while applications related to Internet of Things (IoT) are taking off.
Semico said that in addition to the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, it is associated with smart grids, wearable electronics, solid state drives (SSDs), drones, industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and 5G infrastructures The ASIC product growth rate is also expected to be more rapid in the broader market.
According to Semico's predictions, by 2021, the SoC design project for consumer electronics will grow at 19% CAGR, while the Industrial Internet of Things ASIC design project will grow 25%.
The report also predicts that next year, IoT ASIC unit shipments will exceed 1.8 billion units.
Compile: Susan Hong