Agency: The global chip market is **, and it is expected to grow by 16% year-on-year in 2024
According to the agency Semiconductor Intelligence, the global chip market is currently ** and will achieve an annual growth rate of 16% by 2024. The figure is in the middle of a series of growth figures given by the ** people, which is between 9% and 20%. Among them, IDC said that the global chip market will surge by 20% in 2024.
But growth** is polarizing. The outlook for chip companies (Texas Instruments, Infineon, STMicroelectronics, NXP, ADI, Renesas) focused on automotive, industrial and IoT is relatively weak. In contrast, the strongest revenue growth in 2024 is expected to come from memory companies (Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron) as well as companies in the smartphone and computing space (Nvidia, Intel, AMD, MediaTek, Qualcomm).
According to Semiconductor Intelligence, the World Semiconductor Statistics (WSTS) recently revised up its data for the second quarter of 2023, with the quarter-on-quarter growth rate now at 60% compared to 42%。The sequential growth rate for the third quarter of 2023 was 63%, indicating that a solid shift is taking place.
Semiconductor Intelligence expects sequential growth of 3% and year-over-year growth of 6% for the fourth quarter of 2023. After three weak quarters, 2023 will be set to be a contraction of 95% a year. But the market research firm said a strong fourth quarter would set the stage for double-digit year-over-year growth in each quarter of 2024.
The top 15 chip companies all announced quarter-on-quarter revenue growth in the third quarter of 2023, with Texas Instruments and ADI increasing by less than 1%, and Nvidia, Samsung, SK hynix and MediaTek increasing by double digits.
The outlook for the fourth quarter of 2023 and 2024 is mixed. In general, those companies that rely on the automotive, industrial, and communications sectors face declining revenues, while companies closer to consumer electronics and storage components will see sales** and average selling prices**. Among them, smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 4% in 2024 after falling by 5% in 2023. PC shipments are also expected to grow 4% after falling 14% in 2023.