IC Insights expected, after the recent price declines, microcontroller (MCU), the average selling price (ASP) is expected to rebound, and sales hit a record high.

Market research firm IC Insights, the original IC industry system level chip (SoC) products ─ ─ microcontroller (microcontrollers, MCU) annual revenue size of the market, the steady growth in the next five years and hit a new high record, although the market as a whole unit growth will slow.

IC Insights, points out that the MCU market sales in 2015, almost no growth, less than 0.5%, but the amount of scale has reached record highs just above $15.9 billion, mainly because of MCU shipments grew 15%, in the last year reached 22.1 billion peak (pictured). Strong unit growth ─ ─ driven by smart card application and 32-bit products ─ ─ let MCU market offset a 13% decline in average selling price (ASP); MCU of ASP in 2015 came to a record low of $0.72.

Falling prices (especially 32-bit products), let the MCU sales growth rate in the past four years have three years have been a drag on; But IC Insights, points out that the ASP now MCU is expected to stabilize, and from 2015 to 2020 to grow slightly, compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) is estimated to be 1.6%; The number from 2010 to 2015 7.7%.

Although ASP stop falling, MCU shipments growth is predicted in the next five years is lower than in the past five years; The main reason is that smart card microcontrollers growth slowing, and because of the Internet of things (IoT) application of IC inventory contraction. IC Insights, estimates that MCU sales in 2016 will grow from $2015 in 15.9 billion to 4%, came to almost $16.6 billion.

MCU shipments are expected to grow by 2% in 2016, 22.4 billion, the overall MCU ASP was predicted in this year increased by 2%, to $0.74. From 2015 to 2020, MCU CAGR estimated at 5.5% of the sales, and the size of the nearly $20.9 billion in 2020. IC Insights, said since the mid - 1990 - s, the global MCU CAGR in about 2.9% of the sales.

MCU market scale is expected to hit a new high in 2020 0

MCU sales in 2020 will be higher; Expected in 2016 ~ 2019, the overall MCU market revenue growth rate will gradually increase growth rate forecast for 9% (2019), until 2020 down to 4% growth rate; As to MCU shipments forecast during the grow at a CAGR of 3.9% range.

IC Insights, points out that MCU shipment growth speed to 2020 gradually slow reason, is the smart card market has entered the mature stage; The application market occupy the MCU shipments of nearly fifty percent in recent years, occupy the MCU market overall revenue of about 15 ~ 16%. By 2020, the smart card MCU is expected to occupy 38% of overall shipments of micro controller, and occupy the whole sales rate down to 12%.