In recent years, power management IC has always been the hotspot in semiconductor field, and its growth rate is higher than that of the semiconductor market. In 2002-2006, the CAGR of China power management IC reached 30.1%, which was mainly attributable to the fast growth for the output of downstream products. The output of those products will continue to grow in the future, but the growth rate will be lower than that of 2006 because there will be a drop in the fast growth of whole set products. In spite of fast growth of 3G and digital TV in China integrated circuit market in next few years, it can only enable the upgrading of products in some fields and hardly conduce to the significant growth for the output of downstream products.

Distribution of China Power Management IC Market, 2007-2011F

Seen from the product type, there will be a rise in market shares for power management IC in the future, particularly in portable devices. Unlike LDO and DC/DC that are with single function, PMU can be integrated with LDO, DC/DC and charging management, etc. And it usually acts as an ASSP in practical application.

As for the application fields, the growth of PMU will be the fastest in automotive electronics in the next five years. With the expanding output of automobiles in China, continuous upgrading of automotive PMU products and the ever increasing applications, the CAGR of China Automotive Electronics PMU market will be above 28% in 2007-2011. Secondly, under the drive of 3G, IPTV and various network applications, the CAGR of MPU for network communications in the next five years will be also over 25%.

2 Scale and Structure of China Power Management IC Market in 2006
2.1 Market Size
2.1.1 Gross Scale
2.1.2 Quarterly Market Size and Growth
2.2 Product Structure
2.3 Application Structure
2.4 Product Structure of Key Application Fields
2.4.1 Network Communications Field
2.4.2 Consumer Electronics Field
2.4.3 Computer Field
2.5 Brand Structure
2.6 Market Characteristics 
2.6.1 Overall Market Kept Fast Growth and Communications Products Became Market Highlights
2.6.2 Dispersed Brand Structure
2.6.3 Higher Requirements on Products by Downstream Clients
2.6.4 Market Start-up of Digital Power Product

3 Power Management IC Market Development Forecast, 2007-2010 
3.1 Market Scale Forecast 
3.2 Market Structure Forecast 
3.2.1 Product Structure
3.2.2 Application Structure

4 Key Manufacturers in China, 2006
4.1 Competitive Pattern
4.2 Key Manufacturers 
4.2.1 TI
4.2.2 NS
4.2.3 Fairchild
4.2.4 ST
4.2.5 ON Semiconductor

5 Suggestion
5.1 Hotspot
5.2 To Use Third Party Resources Properly
5.3 Strengthen Cooperation between Upstream and Downstream