IC market forecast to log its second year in a row of double-digit growth to set a new all-time high.
IC Insights is pleased to now offer its 2021 edition of The McClean Report. The McClean Report has become a staple of the IC industry, delivering timely, sound, and resourceful semiconductor market data and analysis since it was first published in 1997. This 24th edition of The McClean Report features more than 400 pages and over 375 charts and figures. A one-hour webcast covering some of the highlights of the new report is also now accessible for subscribers.
A comparison of several key McClean Report market metrics for 2020 and 2021 are shown below.
Throughout its history, the IC industry has experienced amazing highs and endured gut-wrenching lows. Nothing, however, has quite matched the challenge presented in 2020 when the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic swept around the world. The damaging impact on individuals as well as regional/global economies was evident early on. Yet, through it all, the total IC industry largely avoided the catastrophic sales decline seen in many other industries. Global IC sales increased 10% in 2020 fueled by demand for portable computers and powerful large-screen smartphones, which were used to access the Internet and cloud computing when the Covid-19 crisis was rapidly spreading. Investment in expansion of data-center computers also gave IC sales a boost.
