THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR POWER SUPPLY AND POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

摘要

The power supply and power management IC market witnessed perhaps the worst year ever in its history in 2001. From 1998 to 2001 the market grew at nearly a 30% annual growth rate in worldwide shipment revenues. This growth ended in 2001 when the market saw a 19% decline in dollar volume shipments. Average selling prices declined 14% as suppliers, distributors, and OEMs all tried to reduce their overstocked inventories. The root causes for this dramatic market decline were excess inventories, over-production, declining OEM demands, and marketplace uncertainty.