Case study of 2 AFE ICs confirms significant potential for small IC vendors, says Petrov Group

Apr 9, 14:10

Can a small fabless analog vendor compete with the top-five analog IC vendors in global markets? This question is being asked often, especially in the context of emerging China-based...

GaN-on-silicon for power conversion, who are the likely winners in the commercialization race, asks Petrov Group

Dec 10, 11:06

The high importance of GaN-on-Si technology for power conversion applications is by now evident, says Boris Petrov, managing director of the Petrov Group. It is driven by cost and...

Petrov Group provides breakdown of Texas Instruments business model (part 2)

Sep 26, 15:05

The Petrov Group has announced a new 333-page/211-figure report titled "Texas Instrument's Power Business - Edition 2012". Texas Instruments (TI), the largest analog IC...

Petrov Group provides breakdown of Texas Instruments business model (part 1)

Sep 24, 14:24

The Petrov Group has announced a new 333-page/211-figure report titled "Texas Instrument's Power Business - Edition 2012". Texas Instruments (TI), the largest analog IC...

RF transceiver market for mobile devices to reach 1.5 billion by 2015, says Petrov Group (part 2)

Oct 28, 15:36

RF transceivers are critical components of mobile devices including handsets/smartphones and tablet PCs. By 2015, the total RF transceiver market will reach 1.5 billion units while...

Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Oct 21, 16:36

Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...

Baseband processors still essential, says Petrov Group

May 3, 17:02

With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones application processors are in the limelight, but another group of mobile processors, basebands, deserve attention too, according...

Integrated mobile processors to challenge standalone application processors, says Petrov Group (part 2)

Mar 16, 12:19

Recently several handset IC companies have announced integrated mobile processors – products that integrate baseband processor and application processor together with graphics...

Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Mar 8, 15:40

Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...

Adoption by Intel makes digital controllers mainstream technology, says Petrov Group

Oct 29, 10:37

The next generation of Intel's power architecture, VR12, to be introduced in the third quarter of 2011 represents a watershed industry event, according to Boris Petrov, managing director...

Li-Ion/Poly batteries drive high growth of battery management ICs from headsets to electric vehicles, says Petrov Group

Oct 21, 16:10

The requirement for power-efficient and high performance solutions in Li-Ion/Poly battery-powered devices and equipment continues to open profitable growth opportunities for existing...

Explosive growth of LED driver ICs truly unparalleled, says Petrov Group

Sep 23, 14:10

A bottom-up analysis of product portfolio, business performance, and technology and manufacturing trends of 25 IC vendors confirms the explosive growth of LED driver ICs, according...

Thirty billion power conversion ICs enable power management applications, says Petrov Group

Aug 24, 13:53

The analog power conversion IC segment dominates the power management market; it accounts for about 30 billion units and US$11 billion revenues with a forecast average growth rate...

Power management ICs in portable devices represent nearly 40% of total analog IC revenues, says Petrov Group

Aug 10, 15:20

The annual unit growth rate for portable devices is estimated at more than 12%, from about two billion in 2008 to over 3.4 billion devices in 2013. These devices have an increasing...

STM is the market share leader in ESD and EMI protection devices, says Petrov Group

Aug 2, 15:03

The market for electro-static discharge (ESD) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection devices is nearly invisible. However, it is a large (US$6 billion and 16+ billion unit...

Linear Technology remains the performance gold standard of the IC industry, says Petrov Group

Jul 23, 10:27

Linear Technology's profit-driven strategy distinctly separates Linear from its analog IC competitors. Its unprecedented and consistent financial performance makes Linear the gold...

National Semiconductor could become top performing analog IC vendor, says Petrov Group

Jul 5, 16:06

National is the second ranked power management IC vendor, nearly one-half of its total US$$1.4 billion revenues comes from power management. National is also well positioned to become...

Intersil committed to joining the leading-5 analog and power IC vendors, says Petrov Group

Jun 21, 14:11

Intersil is a medium-sized Power IC company with a corporate commitment to reach US$1 billion in revenues by 2011. This commitment represents a 64% growth rate or 29% annually from...

Maxim makes complete U-turn toward foundries and 180nm technology platforms, says Petrov Group

Jun 11, 10:49

A "New Maxim," a US$1.65 billion company in 2009, has emerged, according to The Petrov Group. Maxim Integrated Products has undergone a dramatic transformation since 2007...

Texas Instruments ushers the IC industry into a new era of BCD technology platforms, says Petrov Group

May 24, 15:05

Texas Instruments (TI), the largest analog IC vendor, is an undisputed market share and trend-setter in power management. The company broadly covers all power IC market segments,...

Globalfoundries impact and evolution could be significant, says Petrov Group – Part II

May 10, 14:23

The emergence of Globalfoundries (GF) could be one of the most significant events in recent semiconductor history. While the new company faces significant near-term execution and,...

Globalfoundries impact and evolution could be significant, says Petrov Group – Part I

May 3, 14:14

The emergence of Globalfoundries (GF) could be one of the most significant events in recent semiconductor history. While the new company faces significant near-term operational and,...

BCD platform technologies are rapidly changing the power IC landscape, says Petrov Group

Mar 3, 14:22

The emergence of state-of-the-art BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) platform technologies is having a far reaching effect on the analog/mixed-signal IC landscape, the Petrov Group has commented...

Digital power ICs represent high growth opportunities for IC vendors and wafer foundries, says Petrov Group

Feb 22, 15:34

After decades of missed predictions and hype, the market for digital power ICs has now entered a high-growth stage driven by new applications and the emergence of power buses and...