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Semiconductors 2019: Trade Tensions and Supply Glut Cause Declining Revenues

By Dick Weisinger

Trade wars and a glut of semiconductor product is expected to impact semiconductor companies adversely the rest of this year. IDC predicts that semiconductor revenues will decline by 7.2 percent in 2019, to a total of $440 billion.

The decline comes after three years of strong growth for the industry. But revenues are expected to pick up again next year.

The IDC semiconductor report found that “the market is expected to bottom by end of the third quarter this year as we work through inventories and demand begins to gradually return. Cloud infrastructure investment, 5G mobile devices, WiFi 6 adoption, smart NICs, automotive sensors, powertrain technologies, AI training accelerators, and edge inference SoCs (System on a Chip) will be instrumental in our growth expectations for 2020 and beyond.”

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