Posted on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Discrete power semiconductors will find more opportunities in automotive applications as hybrid and electric vehicles gain popularity, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan.
Frost’s study, World Markets for Discrete Power Semiconductors in Automobiles, projects that the market will reach $2.66 billion in 2010 up from $1.76 billion in 2006. Sustaining this growth will be end-user market expansion, increased automobile multiplexing and wide application of automotive ICs, according to Frost.
“Government safety, security, and pollution regulations have encouraged the use of electronic content in automobiles in order to eliminate human errors,” said Bonnie Varghese K, senior research analyst for Frost & Sullivan, in a statement. “This has had a direct and positive impact on the automotive power discrete markets.”
