The decline in the mobile phone market in 2005 led to a global slowdown in the growth of analog IC

According to market research company iSuppli, the mobile phone market growth, following the 2004 sales growth of 17.4%, in 2005 the global analog IC market is slowing down. Due to weakness in the first half, is expected in 2005 full year simulation IC sales growth of 5.8%, from $37 billion 600 million in 2004 rose to $39 billion 800 million. IC simulation of the longer-term prospects seem slightly better, is expected in 2009 sales will reach $59 billion, compound annual growth rate of 9.5%.

ISuppli analysis, mobile communications device is the largest single analog IC market, accounting for 23% of its overall sales in 2004. Strong mobile phone market driven mobile communication special analog IC products sales in 2003 and 2004 respectively, up 17% and 21%. ISuppli predicts that in 2005 global mobile phone shipments will only increase by 5.3% compared to 2004, while in 2004 this figure was $23.3%. This will restrict the 2005 mobile communications analog IC sales increased by only 3%. The next five years, mobile phone replacement market will continue to remain weak, so for the mobile ASIC sales and compound annual growth rate of 6.5% of the shipments. Although the replacement market was flat, but the mobile communication infrastructure, wireless broadband access and WLAN will continue to maintain a healthy growth.