The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization has raised its forecast for the value of the chip market in 2018 and 2019 for the second time in a couple of months. Sustained high prices and undersupply for numerous component types and memory in particular continue to surprise WSTS and has required the group to lift…

Strong demand and mostly firm prices will result in steady revenue growth for analog ICs through 2021. The global analog integrated circuit market will grow 8 per cent in 2018 due to rising demand from automotive, cell phones and Internet of Things and other applications. The market will increase from $53.1 billion in 2017 to…

Analog Devices announced a new sensor interface IC that enables the next generation of intelligent electrochemical sensors. As the only solution available to incorporate potentiostat and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy functionality on a single chip, the ADuCM355 precision analog microcontroller with bio-sensor and chemical sensor interface is an ideal solution for applications such as industrial gas sensing,…

The top 10 semiconductor  suppliers in the $54.5 billion analog market last year accounted for 59% of the category’s worldwide sales in 2017, according to a recent monthly update to semiconductor Insights’ 2018 McClean Report. Collectively, the top 10 semiconductor companies generated $32.3 billion in analog semiconductor sales last year compared to $28.4 billion in 2016, which…