Gartner: This year's semiconductor annual growth rate to 4%

International research and consulting firm Gartner announces the latest outlook report. Global semiconductor revenue is expected to reach US$316 billion in 2012, up 4% from 2011. Bryan Lewis, vice president of research at Gartner, said that the overall economic situation has stabilized, the semiconductor industry The economy is expected to begin to recover in the second quarter of 2012. Inventory revisions are expected to be completed in the first quarter, and wafer utilization will bottom out. Gartner's annual growth rate forecast for the fourth quarter of last year was 2.2%.

In the memory market, Gartner said that 2011 is arguably the worst year for the DRAM industry, prices are down 50%, revenue is down 25%, and revenue is expected to increase slightly this year. DRAM prices are expected in 2012. The second quarter began to pick up, Gartner analysts believe that Elpida's bankruptcy protection will be one of the main reasons for this year's DRAM price rebound; As for NAND Flash's 2012 fastest growing sector, its revenue growth is expected to reach 18%. Analysts pointed out that NAND Flash has seen strong growth due to increased demand for mobile consumer devices and solid-state hard drives.

Gartner estimates that the production of media tablets in 2012 is expected to increase by 78% from the previous year, and the contribution to semiconductor revenue will reach US$9.5 billion, and quad-core processors and high-resolution displays will be flat-panel media this year. Mainstream components.

PC production is expected to grow by 4.7% this year, and its contribution to semiconductor revenue will reach 57.8 billion U.S. dollars. The annual growth rate of mobile phone production is also 6.7%, and the semiconductor industry’s revenue contribution from the mobile phone sector is estimated to reach 57.2 billion U.S. dollars. According to analysts from Gartner, due to further innovations in positioning and situation, mobile phones need to continuously improve in sensing, processing, networking capabilities, and energy efficiency.

Lewis said that if the overall economic situation is effectively controlled, it should be a very strong year for semiconductors in 2012. Under the premise that the debt crisis in Europe can be controlled, the tension between Iran and Israel is relieved, and the Chinese economy grows steadily, 2012 The semiconductor revenue for the year could increase by 4%.