According to market research firm IHS iSuppli, following sales surges of more than 50% in 2010 and tight production, power MOSFETs from major suppliers such as Infineon, STMicroelectronics and Fairchild Semiconductor may ration the Chinese market and deliver The period may also be extended.

The Chinese power MOSFET market is expected to grow by 53% in 2010, rising from US $ 1.6 billion in 2009 to US $ 2.4 billion.

"IHS iSuppli research shows that as suppliers' new capacity is yet to be put into production, supply shortages and longer lead times will continue to be maintained for the rest of 2010," said Alex Liu, analyst at HIS's China research department. In addition, certain types of MOSFETs are expected to remain tight in supply and will continue for a considerable period of time in 2011. "

In 2009, the operating income of the power MOSFET market mainly came from three areas: data processing accounted for 41%, consumer electronics accounted for 25%, and communications accounted for 23%.

As the Chinese government continues to provide support and operators invest in new communications networks, the communications industry will generate $ 617 million in operating income for power MOSFETs in 2010, which is much higher than $ 365 million in 2009, including the wired and wireless sectors . In contrast, consumer electronics will generate $ 570 million in operating revenue for power MOSFETs in 2010. The automotive market is expected to generate $ 101 million in operating income in 2010, a 64% increase from 2009. Due to the increase in the number of devices such as processors used in data processing and communication equipment, low-power applications have also increased, so most of the operating income of power MOSFETs comes from low-power MOSFETs. IHS iSuppli research shows that low-power MOSFETs accounted for 51% of the overall market in 2009, and will continue to account for the largest share in 2011.

Taking into account the strong demand for power MOSFETs for most of 2010, sales growth will slow in the fourth quarter of 2010 and then bottom out in the first quarter of 2011. Moderate growth will resume in the rest of 2011. IHS iSuppli predicts that the compound annual growth rate of the overall MOSFET market in 2009-2014 will be 20%.