The Analog Market is split into two segments: Application Specific and General Purpose. General Purpose Analog includes both Standard Performance Analog and High Performance products such as digital power and high speed converters, and consists of any form of Analog IC that is not designed for a specific application category. Amplifiers are a critical piece of the general purpose analog market, as they perform critical signal handling duties in numerous high volume product markets. Databeans expects the Amplifiers market will continue to grow at a pace slightly below the Analog market as a whole.
Despite the rapid recovery of the Analog industry in 2010, growth for all General Purpose Analog ICs will slow down somewhat in 2011. Databeans projects the entire General Purpose Analog market will reach almost $19 billion in 2011, an improvement of 7 percent over 2010 numbers. Additional manufacturing capacity, from investments made in 2010, will come online in 2012, further slowing revenue growth, before bouncing back in 2014. Over the next five years Databeans expects the market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12 percent before reaching $32.9 billion by 2016.
Databeans projects the total combined Amplifier and Comparator market will reach approximately $3.25 billion in revenue in 2011, with average annual growth of 8 percent for both units and sales over the next five years. Meanwhile, Average Selling Prices will stay at $0.23 in 2011 and remain flat over the forecasted period.