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US still leads in electronic design influence

The United States in 2006 is expected to maintain its lead in the worldwide electronic equipment design business, with the nation's activities in this area driving the most semiconductor purchasing of any country on earth, according research firm iSuppli. However, China's rapid growth in electronic-design-generated semiconductor purchasing activity is continuing and the country is closing in on the United States and the other top nations, noted the research firm.

Electronic system design in the United States is expected to drive 34.9 percent of global semiconductor purchasing in 2006, amounting to US$62.1 billion worth of chip sales for the year. This represents a 6.6 percent increase from US$58.3 billion in 2005."The fact the United States is the largest nation for electronic design contrasts sharply with the country's propensity to outsource actual manufacturing to other countries," Moon said. "While actual production of electronic equipment is decreasing in the United States, the nation's design activity that drives semiconductor spending is on the rise. However, as a percentage of worldwide semiconductor spending, the United States' design-inspired chip purchasing will actually decline slightly in 2006, decreasing from 35.2 percent in 2005." Japan is expected to maintain its second-place ranking in 2006, with its design activity generating 24.9 percent of worldwide chip sales, followed by third-placed Taiwan at 8.6 percent.

DigiTimes Daily IT News

Posted by | Fri, Sep 29, 2006 - 08:19 AM