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DIGITAL POWER


Digital power market forecast to quadruple in five years


The digital power market is currently one of the fastest growing segments of the power management industry for power supply and power


IC manufacturers. IMS Research – now part of IHS (NYSE:IHS) – has been analyzing the power management and conversion market for


20 years and offers an analysis of the digital power market.


ALTHOUGH A MARKET FOR DIGITAL POWER has existed for many years in some form, growth is now accelerating as adoption increases across many different applications and sectors. The market is forecast to quadruple to $15 billion in the five years from 2012 to 2017. The market for digital power supplies is projected to be worth almost $12.5 billion of this in 2017 with the digital power IC market accounting for the other $2.5 billion. The digital power IC market is projected to grow at a faster rate due to their use in the end-equipment at board level and also in digital power supplies.


Competition, especially on the power IC side, has grown rapidly over the last five years and many suppliers have increased their capabilities via acquisitions. Examples of this include Infineon’s acquisition of Primarion in 2008, Intersil’s acquisition of Zilker Labs, again in 2008 and International Rectifiers acquisition of CHiL Semiconductor in 2011. Power Supply companies have continued to develop in-house expertise and several have entered into licensing agreements with other suppliers.


Adoption of digital power was first seen in telecommunications applications dating back to the early 1980s. Since then,


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