Memory boost | 2018 semiconductor sales or annual growth of 12.4%

According to WSTS forecast, the world’s four major semiconductor markets are still dominated by Asia-Pacific. Its 2018 market sales are estimated to reach US$ 279.375 billion, an annual growth rate of 12.3%; 2019 market sales are expected to reach US$ 291.127 billion, annual growth. The rate is 4.3%. The second largest semiconductor market in the world is the United States, with sales in 2018 estimated at US$108.853 billion, which will increase by 14.0% annually. Estimated sales for 2019 will be US$105.521 billion, which will increase 4.6% annually; followed by Europe. In 2018, sales will increase by 13.4% year-on-year to US$43.43 billion. Finally, Japan and the Japanese market will increase by 8.6% to US$39.753 billion.

WSTS pointed out that the semiconductor sales forecast for this year will be upgraded mainly because the memory market continues to show a high growth rate, coupled with the continued growth of the global economy, boosting the demand for semiconductors from electronic devices. According to its forecast report, 2018, The memory estimate will increase to US$156.786 billion with an annual growth rate of 26.5%, and the entire year will be US$162.254 billion in 2019, with an annual growth rate of 4.4%. '2017 is a special one. Therefore, the growth rate of some products will not decrease in 2018. Strange. 'Mo Da-kang said to the reporter of China Electronics News.

In terms of product categories, discrete global sales this year are projected to increase 9.0% year-on-year to US$23.610 billion; Optoelectronics will increase 3.4% annually to US$35.98 billion; Sensors will increase by 5.9 percent annually. % to 13.306 billion U.S. dollars; chip (IC) sales are expected to increase by 13.8 percent to 390.509 billion U.S. dollars.

In terms of ICs, storage estimates will increase by 26.5% to US$156.786 billion. Logical circuits will increase by 7.1% to US$109.476 billion. Microelectronics will increase by 3.5% to US$66.152 billion. The number of logic circuits will increase by 9.5. % to $58.095 billion.

'Mobile phones, AI, autopilot, Internet of Things, and blockchain are still under development. These market forces have had a certain impact. At present, these new potentials are being nurtured, and they are not on fire, so they increase by 12.4 annually. The percentage is still quite good. 'Mo Da-kang said to the reporter of China Electronics News.

Mok said that the cyclical analysis of storage is the most volatile and the growth trend in 2018 is relatively encouraging. However, the growth of the global semiconductor market may slow down in 2019. According to the WSTS forecast report, although 2019 is expected to continue to show growth, Its growth rate has dropped significantly, and is expected to increase by only 4.4% annually. The increase will be reduced to the single digit (below 10%) for the first time in 3 years, in which Memory sales are only expected to increase by 3.7% annually.