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The gadget craze is keeping power management chip sales on the up
The global power-management semiconductor market will expand significantly during the next few years, driven in part by rising demand from makers of portable electronic equipment, iSuppli Corp. predicts.
The global power-management semiconductor market will expand significantly during the next few years, driven in part by rising demand from makers of portable electronic equipment, iSuppli Corp. predicts.Worldwide revenue from shipments of power-management semiconductors will rise to $39.9 billion in 2011, a 59.6 percent increase from $24.98 billion in 2006. Semiconductors in this segment include voltage regulators, power-management ASICs and Application-Specific Standard Products (ASSPs), rectifiers, thyristors and power transistors."As sales of portable products like Portable Media Players (PMPs) and mobile handsets continue to rise, and the battery-life requirements for such devices continue to toughen, demand is rising for more sophisticated power-management solutions," said Marijana Vukicevic, senior analyst for iSuppli. "This is a major factor behind the expected expansion of the power-semiconductor market over the next few years."
