Press Releases and News

Phoenix, Arizona February 8, 2011 - Microcontrollers (MCUs) are a class of chips that we use everyday without even thinking about it. We take them for granted, yet they make our lives so much easier. These smart chips help control our hard disk drives, printers, ATMs, TVs, MP3 players, refrigerators and other computing and consumer devices. Who can live without their cell phone or their DVR? What about their car? The largest market for MCU sales, automotive, has had a major impact as car manufacturers have seen strong world wide resurgence in sales in 2010.

Phoenix, Arizona January 25, 2011 - The semiconductor industry has celebrated the 30+% semiconductor revenue growth in 2010. Semiconductor unit sales also increased an impressive 31%. But wafer demand, based on semiconductor product shipments, only increased 22%. How can this be? Semiconductor manufacturers were once again caught in a capacity bind due to underinvestment over the past several years. However, according to Joanne Itow, Managing Director, "This industry is known for delivering solutions under pressure."

Phoenix, Arizona January 18, 2011 - Given the high volume of inquiries and positive feedback from the release of Semico's IP Subsystem report in November of 2010, Semico is revisiting the report, "IP Subsystems: The Next Market Paradigm".

At Semico we aim to keep our clients informed about the impending changes to the market landscape before those changes occur, as awareness of and preparation for emerging trends can mean the difference in success and failure or profit and loss.

Source: Semico Research Corp.