BOSTON, USA: The global economic meltdown slowed year-on-year GaAs industry growth from its previous forecast of 9 percent down to 6 percent in 2008.
With the market projected to contract again 5 percent year-on-year in 2009, gains made in 2008 will be effectively wiped out and the GaAs industry is projected to generate revenues of $3.5 billion in 2009, according to the Strategy Analytics GaAs annual industry forecast and outlook for the GaAs (gallium arsenide) industry.
“The GaAs industry effectively shut down as handset manufacturers turned off the taps in the final quarter of 2008,” observed Asif Anwar at Strategy Analytics. “However, Strategy Analytics believes that the market has bottomed out and multiple GaAs device insertions in cellular handsets will be augmented by demand from other wireless markets as well as requirements from defense, consumer, fiber optic and automotive sectors.”
Demand from wireless markets, including cellular handsets, will continue to be the primary growth engine for the GaAs industry. While Strategy Analytics expects growth to return in 2010, with all major end demand sectors growing through 2013, industry revenues will fall short of previous expectations of $5 billion.
The overall growth will be tempered as a result of the economic downturn and growth will show signs of flattening out in 2013. Overall, the GaAs, RF and microelectronic device market will grow at a CAAGR (compound annual average growth rate) of 4 percent through 2013, to be worth $4.5 billion.
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VSAT weathers economic storm
BOSTON, USA: The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (GaAs) service report, “GaAs Device Opportunities from the Satcom/VSAT Market: 2008-2013,” concludes that long design cycles and pent-up demand driven by the consumer sector will allow the VSAT (very small aperture terminals) market to weather the current economic storm better than most communications markets, translating into steady demand for GaAs (gallium arsenide) devices.
GaAs semiconductor technology is used extensively in VSAT satellite communications systems for both the space and ground segments of the market. Strategy Analytics forecasts that GaAs device demand will grow at a CAAGR (compound annual average growth rate) of over 4 percent from 2008 to 2013. MMICs (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) will dominate the volume and represent 57 percent of total GaAs revenues.
“The VSAT industry has had to learn some tough lessons over the past decade, but the result is a model focused on value-added services which is now being augmented by growth prospects in the broadband access arena,” noted Asif Anwar at Strategy Analytics. “Advances in technology and economies of scale have combined to increase data rates while simultaneously reducing prices, opening up the opportunities for satellite communications to compete against other wireless and wired broadband technologies.”
Anwar concluded: “We believe the demand for broadband services will fuel the rollout of VSAT systems through 2013, creating steady demand for GaAs semiconductors. The largest opportunities are for Ku and Ka-band power amplifiers, where despite some threats from alternative technologies, GaAs will remain dominant the dominant solution.”
GaAs semiconductor technology is used extensively in VSAT satellite communications systems for both the space and ground segments of the market. Strategy Analytics forecasts that GaAs device demand will grow at a CAAGR (compound annual average growth rate) of over 4 percent from 2008 to 2013. MMICs (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) will dominate the volume and represent 57 percent of total GaAs revenues.
“The VSAT industry has had to learn some tough lessons over the past decade, but the result is a model focused on value-added services which is now being augmented by growth prospects in the broadband access arena,” noted Asif Anwar at Strategy Analytics. “Advances in technology and economies of scale have combined to increase data rates while simultaneously reducing prices, opening up the opportunities for satellite communications to compete against other wireless and wired broadband technologies.”
Anwar concluded: “We believe the demand for broadband services will fuel the rollout of VSAT systems through 2013, creating steady demand for GaAs semiconductors. The largest opportunities are for Ku and Ka-band power amplifiers, where despite some threats from alternative technologies, GaAs will remain dominant the dominant solution.”
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