The power management market growing good prospects for the future

According to market research firm IMSResearch's latest analysis, is expected in the next five years, the global power management market average annual growth of more than 10%.

IMSResearch analysis of the five key voltage regulation market, as well as other power controller, driver IC and standard power management unit (PMU) market. It predicts that the market will be close to $15 billion by 2011. The market will benefit from the growth of consumer electronics equipment shipments, power management design is increasingly complex and energy-efficient products more and more attention.

Although the beginning of 2007 unfavorable, but the second half of this year, the growth in demand for power IC has been relatively strong." AshSharma said, all indicators are expected in 2008 the market situation will be very good, but the long-term prospects are quite good."

Published in October 2007, the latest research report IMSResearch, also disclosed in 2006 National Semiconductor (NationalSemiconductor) is the world's largest supplier of power management IC market, accounting for 10.5% of the share.