According to the latest research report of IHS iSuppli (IHS-US), the global semiconductor industry still maintains a strong rebound under the shadow of Japan’s earthquake disaster and economic uncertainties, and benefits from consumer electronics such as tablets and smart phones. Sales volume has soared and is expected to grow by 7.2% this year (2011).

IHSiSuppli's latest revised version of the forecast pointed out that this year's global semiconductor industry revenue will reach 325.9 billion US dollars, higher than the 304.1 billion US dollars (2010). IHSiSuppli predicted in April this year that the semiconductor industry's annual revenue will grow by 7%.

Dale Ford, senior vice president of IHSiSuppli, stated: "Because of the strong recovery of the global electronics supply chain, this year will be a year of strong growth in the semiconductor industry. Japan's earthquake disaster and the globally weak economic situation will not affect the continued expansion of the semiconductor industry. In fact, due to the increasing popularity of consumer products such as tablet PCs and smart phones, the demand situation in the semiconductor industry has always been very strong."
The report pointed out that last year benefited from the fact that the market rebounded from the global economic recession in 2009, the growth rate of the semiconductor industry reached 32.2%, and this year it will also have a growth rate of 7.2%. The growth rate in the next two years will slow down. , were 4.8% and 4%, respectively.

The report also pointed out that by 2015, the global semiconductor industry revenue figures will come to a new milestone, the overall revenue will exceed 400 billion US dollars, and reached a level of 411.8 billion US dollars, and this is equivalent to 2010-2015 During the period, the global semiconductor industry's average annual compound growth rate reached 6.3%.

Strong consumer demand The biggest reason for the strong growth in global semiconductor demand this year is the growth of the wireless communications and mobile devices sector. Wireless communication devices contributed 17.6% revenue growth in all wafer application markets this year.
In addition, mobile computers are also one of the contributors to the growth of the global semiconductor industry this year.
On the contrary, revenue contribution from wireline communications has experienced a 1.7% decline this year.

The fortunes of the economic recovery are still in Ford's opinion, although the global economic situation remains doubtful, the performance of the global semiconductor industry will continue to be bright. For example, compared with the fourth quarter of last year, revenue fell only 1.4% in the first quarter of this year, the smallest sequential decline since 2006.
Ford also pointed out: "The stability of global economic conditions will affect consumer confidence and also affect the performance of the global semiconductor industry."
The growth rate of image sensors is amazing This year, the fastest growing semiconductor products are image sensors, NAND flash memory, LEDs, microprocessors, discrete parts, sensors, and analog ICs. The revenue contribution of these products will grow by more than 12% this year.