Like many other markets, the ongoing economic recession has had considerable impact on the semiconductor industry with sales declined steeply worldwide. The systemic financial crisis has significantly resulted into lack of liquidity in the market, reduced industrial productions and weak consumer confidence, leading to poor demand for electronic components and devices all over the world.

According to our latest research report “Semiconductor Industry Forecast to 2012�, the global semiconductor sales are projected to report a steep decline of double-digit rate in 2009. However, as the crisis starts to tail off later this year, the market will see a possibly improved scenario in 2010 and afterwards, and could grow at a CAGR of over 10% by 2012.

Integrated circuits or ICs remains the most dominant segment of the semiconductor industry, accounting for around 84% of the total revenue in 2008 followed by optoelectronics, discrete and sensors. Our research projects that future growth will be driven by the sensors segment followed by the optoelectronics, ICs and discrete semiconductors with CAGR projected at around 14.4%, 11.5%, 10.1% and 7.8% respectively for the period 2010-2012.

At regional level, our research projects that Asia-Pacific will account for more than half of the semiconductor market by the end of forecast period. Countries such as India and China will fuel demand for semiconductors in the Asia-Pacific region in upcoming years.

“Semiconductor Industry Forecast to 2012� provides extensive research and thorough analysis of the semiconductor market across the globe. The report critically examines and provides unbiased view into the state of the global semiconductor industry, including current and future market size across various segments. It also highlights various potential application areas that continue to grow despite the global crisis.

Our report helps the clients to analyze trends and developments in the semiconductor market, giving exclusive insight into future potential of various countries analyzed in it. The report features exclusive forecast for various semiconductor segments including: integrated circuits, discrete semiconductors, optoelectronics, sensors, wafer processing equipment, assembly & packaging equipment, testing equipment, wafer fabrication materials and packaging material.

1. Analyst View
2. Research Overview
3. Industry Overview
4. Global Semiconductor Industry: Current Performance and Future Outlook
4.1 By Segment
4.1.1 Integrated Circuits
4.1.2 Discrete Semiconductors
4.1.3 Optoelectronics
4.1.4 Sensors
4.2 By Equipment
4.2.1 Wafer Processing
4.2.2 Assembly & Packaging
4.2.3 Testing Equipment
4.3 By Materials
4.3.1 Wafer Fabrication
4.3.2 Packaging
5. Country-level Analysis: Studying the Future Potential
5.1 US
5.2 UK
5.3 France
5.4 Germany
5.5 Japan
5.6 South Korea
5.7 China
5.8 India
5.9 Singapore
5.10 Taiwan
5.11 Russia
6. Vertical-level Analysis: Key Technological Trends and Developments
6.1 Mobile Market
6.2 PC Industry
6.3 Video Surveillance Market
6.4 Wireless Industry
6.5 Satellite Navigation Market
7. Competitive Landscape
7.1 Intel Corporation
7.2 Samsung Electronics
7.3 Toshiba Corp
7.4 Texas Instruments Inc.
7.5 STMicroelectronics N.V.
7.6 Renesas Technology Corp.
7.7 Sony
7.8 Qualcomm
7.9 Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
7.10 Infineon Technologies AG

List of Figures:

Figure 3-1: Global - Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 3-2: Global - Semiconductor Market by Segment (%), 2008
Figure 3-3: Global - Semiconductor Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 3-4: Global - Semiconductor Market Projection by Segment (%), 2012
Figure 4-1: Global - Integrated Circuit Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-2: Global - Integrated Circuit Market by Segment (%), 2008
Figure 4-3: Global - Integrated Circuit Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-4: Global - Integrated Circuit Market Projection by Segment (%), 2012
Figure 4-5: Global - Discrete Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-6: Global - Discrete Semiconductor Market by Segment (%), 2007
Figure 4-7: Global - Discrete Semiconductor Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-8: Global - Optoelectronics Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-9: Global - Optoelectronics Semiconductor Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-10: Global - Sensors Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-11: Global - Sensors Semiconductor Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-12: Global - Semiconductor Equipment Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-13: Global - Semiconductor Equipment Market by Segment (%), 2008
Figure 4-14: Global - Semiconductor Equipment Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-15: Global - Semiconductor Equipment Market Projection by Segment (%), 2012
Figure 4-16: Global - Wafer Processing Equipment Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-17: Global - Wafer Processing Equipment Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-18: Global - Assembly & Packaging Equipment Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-19: Global - Assembly & Packaging Equipment Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-20: Global - Test Equipment Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-21: Global - Test Equipment Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-22: Global - Semiconductor Material Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 4-23: Global - Semiconductor Material Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 4-24: Global - Wafer Fab Material Market (Billion US$), 2007, 2008 & 2012
Figure 4-25: Global - Semiconductor Packaging Material Market (Billion US$), 2007, 2008 & 2012
Figure 5-1: US - Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2009-2012
Figure 5-2: UK - Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2009-2012
Figure 5-3: France - Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2009-2012
Figure 5-4: Germany - Semiconductor Market (Billion Euros), 2007-2009
Figure 5-5: Germany - Semiconductor Market Projection (Billion Euros), 2010-2012
Figure 5-6: Japan - Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 5-7: Japan - Semiconductor Equipment Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 5-8: Japan - Semiconductor Market Projection (Billion US$), 2010-2012
Figure 5-9: South Korea - Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2005-2009
Figure 5-10: South Korea - Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Market (Billion US$), 2005-2009
Figure 5-11: China - Integrated Circuit Market (Billion Yuan), 2007-2009
Figure 5-12: China - Integrated Circuit Market by Application (%), 2008
Figure 5-13: China - Integrated Circuit Market by Product (%), 2008
Figure 5-14: China - Integrated Circuit Market Projection (Billion Yuan), 2010-2012
Figure 5-15: India - Semiconductor Market (Billion Rs), 2008 & 2010
Figure 5-16: India - Semiconductor Consumption by Major Industry (Billion US$), 2009
Figure 5-17: India - Semiconductor Design Revenue (Billion Rs), 2007-08 & 2008-09
Figure 5-18: India - Semiconductor Design Revenue by Segment (%), 2008-09
Figure 5-19: Singapore - Semiconductor Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009 & 2012
Figure 5-20: Taiwan - Integrated Circuit Industry Revenue (Billion NT$), 2005-2009
Figure 5-21: Taiwan - Integrated Circuit Industry Revenue by Segment (Billion NT$), 2007-2009
Figure 5-22: Taiwan - Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Revenue by Segment (Billion NT$), 2007-2009
Figure 5-23: Taiwan - Semiconductor Equipment Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 5-24: Taiwan - Integrated Circuit Industry Revenue Projection (Billion NT$), 2010-2012

List of Tables:

Table 4-1: Global - Wafer Fab Capacity Compared to Wafer Fab Materials by Region
Table 5-1: South Korea - Semiconductor Industry Profile by Company Type and Size
Table 5-2: South Korea - Major Semiconductor Companies
Table 5-3: South Korea - Promising Investment Areas in Semiconductor Industry
Table 5-4: China - Wafer Fab Capacity (2007)
Table 7-1: Global - Top 10 Semiconductor Suppliers by Revenue (Million US$), 2008