16 Insights on ICs
Good news and bad for 2016
1/29/2016 08:00 AM EST
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – It’s a sad sign of the times when the most bullish market researcher predicts 4% growth. Even worse when the veteran analyst further explains he has a 70% confidence growth will be in the 2-6% range, and notes a few wild cards like the gyrating China stock market and plummeting price of oil.
Like it or not, that’s the good news for semiconductors in 2016, according to Bill McClean, president of IC Insights. In his semi-annual report to Silicon Valley, McClean did sound some upbeat notes.
The low oil price is good for the U.S. economy which is driving global growth which is closely correlated to chip sales. Fluctuating exchange rates, which depressed chip sales 4% last year, are likely to be more stable this year.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- Multi-channel Ultra Ethernet TSS Transform Engine
- Configurable CPU tailored precisely to your needs
- Ultra high-performance low-power ADC
- HiFi iQ DSP
- CXL 4 Verification IP
Related News
- 16 Insights on ICs
- China Forecast to Fall Far Short of its "Made in China 2025" Goals for ICs
- Sales of Logic ICs Account for Largest Share of China's IC Market in 2020
- Xilinx Releases 16 new parameterizable cores on IP Center for Virtex Series
Latest News
- SEALSQ and Lattice Collaborate to Deliver Unified TPM-FPGA Architecture for Post-Quantum Security
- SEMIFIVE Partners with Niobium to Develop FHE Accelerator, Driving U.S. Market Expansion
- TASKING Delivers Advanced Worst-Case Timing Coupling Analysis and Mitigation for Multicore Designs
- Efficient Computer Raises $60 Million to Advance Energy-Efficient General-Purpose Processors for AI
- QuickLogic Announces $13 Million Contract Award for its Strategic Radiation Hardened Program