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Infineon's market position reinforced
Faster than market growth reaffirms Infineon's market position in semiconductor discretes and modules for power electronics.
Infineon Technologies reaffirmed its market position in semiconductor discretes and modules for power electronics and outperformed the global market in 2007. According to the latest study of global market research firm IMS Research, Infineon expanded its market share to 9.7 percent of the global power discretes and modules market. Infineon grew by about 23 percent in 2007, while the global market increased by 9.3 percent to USD $13.6 billion (from USD $12.5 billion in 2006). The market research firm forecasts that the power semiconductor discretes and modules market will grow at an average annual rate of 8 to 9 percent over the next five years.
"Despite concerns of a weaker market in 2007, demand remained healthy and impressive growth was seen in many parts of the market," said Ash Sharma, research director and co-author of the "The Global Market for Power Semiconductor Discretes & Modules 2008" report at IMS Research. "Infineon achieved an impressive result last year growing much quicker than the overall market and allowing it to retain its position as the largest supplier for the fifth consecutive year."
"Power semiconductors and modules minimise power dissipation and maximise energy efficiency throughout the entire value chain from energy generation to energy distribution and consumption," said Arunjai Mittal, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Power Management and Drives business unit at Infineon Technologies. "Infineon will continue to contribute to this endeavour and develop power semiconductors that increase energy efficiency and help use the electrical energy as efficiently as possible."
Enhanced efficiency in management of electrical power provides a huge potential for energy saving in electrical motor drives, power supplies, computing equipment, consumer products, lighting equipment as well as in cars where power semiconductors are a key component to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
One of the fastest growing applications that considerably benefit from efficiency improvements are solar inverters for photovoltaic systems as used on roof tops and photovoltaic power plants. Infineon's discrete IGBTs and MOSFETs, such as CoolMOS, as well as power modules and stacks help to raise solar inverters' efficiency to up to 98 percent and to feed as much of solar based electricity into the power grid as possible. IMS Research projects that solar inverter shipments will grow annually by more than 20 percent over the next five years.
According to market report "The Global Market for Power Semiconductor Discretes & Modules 2008" (published August 2008) of market research firm IMS Research, the overall power semiconductor market in 2007 totalled about USD $13.6 billion.
"Despite concerns of a weaker market in 2007, demand remained healthy and impressive growth was seen in many parts of the market," said Ash Sharma, research director and co-author of the "The Global Market for Power Semiconductor Discretes & Modules 2008" report at IMS Research. "Infineon achieved an impressive result last year growing much quicker than the overall market and allowing it to retain its position as the largest supplier for the fifth consecutive year."
"Power semiconductors and modules minimise power dissipation and maximise energy efficiency throughout the entire value chain from energy generation to energy distribution and consumption," said Arunjai Mittal, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Power Management and Drives business unit at Infineon Technologies. "Infineon will continue to contribute to this endeavour and develop power semiconductors that increase energy efficiency and help use the electrical energy as efficiently as possible."
Enhanced efficiency in management of electrical power provides a huge potential for energy saving in electrical motor drives, power supplies, computing equipment, consumer products, lighting equipment as well as in cars where power semiconductors are a key component to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
One of the fastest growing applications that considerably benefit from efficiency improvements are solar inverters for photovoltaic systems as used on roof tops and photovoltaic power plants. Infineon's discrete IGBTs and MOSFETs, such as CoolMOS, as well as power modules and stacks help to raise solar inverters' efficiency to up to 98 percent and to feed as much of solar based electricity into the power grid as possible. IMS Research projects that solar inverter shipments will grow annually by more than 20 percent over the next five years.
According to market report "The Global Market for Power Semiconductor Discretes & Modules 2008" (published August 2008) of market research firm IMS Research, the overall power semiconductor market in 2007 totalled about USD $13.6 billion.
