NAND flash, DRAM, computer CPU, and embedded MPUs show market increases for 2020, but purchasers are moving cautiously, says IC Insights.

IC Insights’ Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report 2020 includes a ranking of revenue growth rates for the 33 IC product categories defined by the WSTS.

Figure 1 shows the distribution of growth rates for the 33 IC product categories in 2019 and IC Insights’ forecast for 2020.

Growth rates across most IC segments are expected to improve this year, but not greatly.

Eight product categories, led by NAND flash with an expected market increase of 27%, are forecast to see sales gains this year.

In 2019, only six IC product categories experienced sales growth.

Five product categories are forecast to expand at or above the total IC market growth rate of 3% this year, including both NAND flash and DRAM, which were the two worst growth segments in 2019.