Gallium arsenide industry recovery slowed down the future market size will be lower than expected

Strategy GaAs Analytics (GaAs) and compound semiconductor research department released the latest report "GaAs (GaAs) industry forecast: 2008-2013". Analysis pointed out that the global economic recession caused by the gallium arsenide (GaAs) industry in 2008 annual growth rate from the previous forecast of 9% to 6%; and in 2009 GaAs (GaAs) market expected revenue of $3 billion 500 million, down 5% compared to 2008, completely offset the previous year's growth.

Strategy Analytics GaAs (GaAs) compound semiconductor technology and Market Research Director Asif Anwar said: "because the mobile phone manufacturers control mobile phone production in the fourth quarter of 2008, resulting in GaAs industry is almost out of business. Even so, Strategy Analytics believes that the market has bottomed out, for a variety of mobile phone on GaAs (GaAs) materials and components of demand, as well as from other wireless market, defense, consumer electronics, automotive and other fields of optical fiber and the market demand will be driven by GaAs (GaAs) market returned to growth in 2010. "

From the wireless market demand, especially the cellular mobile phone, will still be the main driving force of GaAs industry growth. Strategy Analytics forecasts, from the stage to 2013, all the main market will be in the final demand growth; however, although GaAs (GaAs) industry in 2010 will return to growth by 2013, the market scale will be lower than the previous forecast of $5 billion. Affected by the recession, the overall growth of GaAs will be slow, there are indications that the market will be flat in 2013. Overall, the demand for (GaAs), radio frequency (RF) and microelectronics devices market to 2013 compound annual growth rate of 4%, the market size will reach $.