TI Lead 2012 Analog IC Market

Due to the weak economic situation across the globe, the soft European market as well as the lower-than-expected Chinese demand, worldwide analog IC industry suffered the worst performance in 2012, with decline of 7% and revenue of just shy of $40 billion, according to Databeans.

Analog semiconductor products are found in many application markets, including the most resilient power, automotive and communications segment and the painful computer, interface, and data conversion products.

Based on data from Databeans, in 2012, TI led global analog IC industry, accounting for 16.7% of the entire market and representing $6.6 billion in revenue; followed by STMicroelectronics with market shares at over 9% and revenue of $3.6 billion. The number three is Analog Devices, Inc whose market proportion and revenue was 5.7% and 2.3 billion, respectively.

The acquisition of National Semiconductor in 2011 played an important role in expanding TI’s shares in this field, which enabled its interface to rise by 4% from 23% to 27%; analog power IC share to see 3% increase to 24%. Heading into the future, TI would adjust their business and focus more on analog semiconductor market.

Recently, TI introduced the highest-density synchronous step-down DC/DC converter. The SWIFT™ 10-A TPS54020 offers frequency synchronization, 180-degree out-of-phase switching and selectable current limit, enabling reducing the size of external components and input current ripple by up to 50%. In addition, the product integrated 8-milliohm high-side and 6-milliohm low-side MOSFETs provide up to 96% efficiency from 12 V to 1 V.