Report: TI Remains On Top Of The Analog IC Market

Reno, NV -- Texas Instruments (TI) remains at the top of the analog integrated circuit (IC) market, outperforming the industry and growing share from 13% in 2003 to 14% in 2004, according to Databeans, a market research firm focused on the semiconductor and electronics industry. TI's closest rival is STMicroelectronics, which has an estimated $4.2 billion in analog revenue. Combined, the two chipmakers control nearly one-third of the market.

Overall, analog IC sales have performed nicely over the past two years, Databeans says. In 2003, high performance multi-market product sales were up 21%, followed by an 8% increase in 2004. Application specific devices were up 7% in 2003 and up 23% in 2004. Both markets offset weaker performance of the other over the past two years, resulting in a strong overall analog market.

Another third of the market is controlled by Infineon Technologies, Philips Semiconductors, Analog Devices, and National Semiconductor. These large analog companies all performed in line or ahead of the industry, which was up 17% last year. Rounding out the top ten analog companies are Maxim Integrated Products, Freescale Semiconductor, Toshiba, and Linear Technology.

While the current market conditions near term will be effected by the concluding replacement cycle for PCs and cell phones, Databeans predicts that analog IC demand will remain healthy, with a strong average annual growth rate that will outperform the total semiconductor market.

Source: Databeans