According to In-Stat, Bulk of MCU Revenue Moving to 16-bit and 32-bit
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 9, 2005—
The bulk of revenue in the microcontroller market is
moving from 8-bit microcontrollers to the higher 16-bit and 32-bit bit
devices, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). By the end of 2009,
the combined revenue from 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers will
reach approximately twice the revenue expected from 8-bit MCUs, the
high-tech market research firm said.
"The shift in revenue is primarily due to the appearance of
products providing sophisticated features that must employ higher
performance and wider-datapath cores," said Max Baron, In-Stat
analyst. "Properly designed, higher bit-width microcontrollers will
require less power consumed per workload executed than their
counterparts in the 8-bit category."
A recent report by In-Stat found the following:
-- Although the bulk of unit and revenue upsides for
microcontrollers will result from increased demand for higher
performance devices, 8-bit microcontrollers will continue to
lead in unit shipments over the combined group of 16-bit and
32-bit microcontrollers.
-- Unit demand in the 16-bit MCU category is dominated by three
applications: smart cards, PC peripherals and hard disk
drives. Together, the three applications comprise over 40% of
total unit shipments. The greatest CAGRs come from control and
instrumentation, MP3 players and digital camera applications.
-- Unit volumes in the 32-bit MCU space are also dominated by
smart cards; however, unit CAGR growth is coming from
different applications such as digital wireless, PC DVDs,
barcode readers and security.
The report, "War of the Worlds: 16- and 32-Bit MCUs Invade ASIC
Applications" (#IN0502546SI), covers the worldwide microntroller
market. It provides a bit-wise MCU forecast, a market overview,
detailed data by market segment, and a forecast for more than 80
applications for both 16-bit and 32-bit MCUs.
For more information on this report, please visit:
http://www.instat.com/catalog/Scatalogue.asp?id=68 or contact Tina
Sheltra at 480-609-4531 or tina.sheltra@reedbusiness.com. The report
price is $3,995.
About In-Stat
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Contact:
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Max Baron, 480-345-1611
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