U.S. electronics design still dominate China has surpassed South Korea

According to market research firm iSuppli said the United States has maintained a global electronic design market dominance, but China is on the rise, China share in the global electronic design market has exceeded korea. ISuppli said every year due to the release of new semiconductor product design, will greatly promote the semiconductor sales growth. 2005 U.S. electronics design is expected to promote global semiconductor sales growth of 33.5%, equivalent to chip sales growth of $58 billion 700 million this year. Japan ranked second, accounting for global chip sales of 26.1%, China accounted for 9.9% of Taiwan, Germany, China and Hongkong accounted for 5.4%, South Korea accounted for 5.3% of.

In 2005 the United States will account for 40.2% of new semiconductor sales, will further promote the growth of electronic design activities, in the world's top 10 electronic design countries, the United States is the highest proportion of the new design of the country. In spite of all market countries including consumer electronics and computers, active, but in 2005 the industrial and automotive equipment market, product shipments associated with the American design industry showing strong growth.

The local time this Tuesday, iSuppli executive vice president Greg Sheppard said in a statement, in contrast, in a leading position in the electronic product design, manufacturing outsourcing to other areas of the trend is growing rapidly, the current U.S. electronic equipment products less and less influence of the state on the design activity is increasing.

Sheppard said that China has increased the power of the design and the rapid establishment of a market-oriented design echelon, in 2005 China will overtake South Korea in the design of the world's top fifth in the global rankings for semiconductor procurement. Next year China will track and overtake Germany's top fourth.

ISuppli said, "in the design of sales under the condition of global chip market in 75%, the world's 169 original equipment manufacturer (OEM) used in the United States dollars buy semiconductor products, the data from the 8 major application market," design sales "concept using semiconductor provider sales standards and national resources plan.