Press Releases

Phoenix, Arizona October 19, 2010 - Semico Research continues to receive significant interest and demand for its most recent round of ASIC/SoC/SIP market research reports. Due to the high volume of inquiries, we are revisiting the headlines from these report releases. For more detailed report descriptions and Tables of Contents, click on the highlighted report titles below. For additional information or to purchase this report, please contact us at jfeldhan@semico.com or 602-997-0337.

Phoenix, Arizona October 5, 2010 - 2008 was forecast to be a good growth year, until external events in worldwide financial markets overtook the SIP market. The SIP industry was not immune to the market forces unleashed in 2008, declining 21.9% in 2009. However, the recovery which arrived in the second half of 2009 prevented the 3rd Party SIP from declining at an even steeper rate. It is Semico's view that the SIP market will continue to perform at rates comparable to other semiconductor markets, with 17.1% growth in 2010.

Phoenix, Arizona September 21, 2010 - In 2008, the DRAM industry faced a supply glut. ASPs for DRAM chips fell precipitously and as a consequence, DIMM module revenues and profits fell as well. DRAM manufacturers slashed capacity output late in 2008 in order to tighten chip supply. Near the midpoint of 2010, demand began to recover as the overall global economy stabilized after all of the financial fallout. What resulted was a return to profitability for DIMM module OEMs and third-party module vendors.

Phoenix, Arizona September 14, 2010 - The ASIC Design Start landscape has changed a lot in the last four years. Increasing design costs, rising design complexity, lengthening design cycle times, and the recent global economic meltdown have all had an impact, especially on the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) market. Semico Research Corp has published its analysis of these issues in a new report titled ASIC Design Starts: Recovery in the Markets.