Farewell to haze CMOS image sensor market towards steady growth

Market research firm IC Insights predicts that sales of CMOS image sensors will grow by 13% in 2011 to reach US$5.1 billion, surpassing the previous growth peak of US$4.6 billion in 2008; the agency estimates that CMOS image sensing The device market will continue to expand at a compound annual average growth rate (CAGR) of 11.2% between 2011 and 2015 and reach a revenue scale of US$7.6 billion in 2015.

By 2015, CMOS image sensors will account for 66% of the overall image sensor market; this proportion is about 58% in 2010. As for the CCD image sensor, it is still the mainstream application program for consumer digital cameras, video cameras, scanners, and photocopiers. Its market share is 42% in 2010, but the proportion will shrink to 34 in 2015. %.

After experiencing a recession in 2009, the CMOS image sensor market recovered sales growth by 17% to reach US$4.5 billion in 2010. However, compared with the overall semiconductor industry growth rate of 32% in the year, this performance was only marginally satisfactory. The camera phone application contributed 62% of the total CMOS image sensor sales in 2010, and it is predicted that this proportion will be reduced to 49% in 2015.

IC Insights also stated that although there have been some mergers and acquisitions in the image sensor market, there are still more than 35 suppliers in the world continue to actively strive for CMOS image sensor designs, including camera phones and consumer digital cameras. Cameras, as well as embedded webcams for portable computers and tablets, are the bulk.

In addition, IDM's CMOS image sensor manufacturing capacity has shifted from 8-inch wafer process to 12-inch wafer process, which will increase the shipment of CMOS image sensors and bring greater price to the market. pressure. In addition to having more production capacity on the pipeline, semiconductor process miniaturization to 65 nm and sensor element specifications exceeding 16 million pixels, etc., means that the market needs new applications in order to maintain two digits in the next five years. growing up.

IC Insights stated that it is expected that the CMOS image sensor market will achieve 11.2% CAGR from 2011 to 2015. The growth drivers are smart video cameras, medical imaging equipment, toys, and game consoles that are used in automotive security systems and surveillance network applications. , And other emerging applications.