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Sensor/actuator and discrete higher average selling prices (ASPs), long
sales surged in 2021 leadtimes for times for deliveries, and
delays in restocking factory inventories by
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Worldwide system makers, according to the January
sales of optoelectronics, sensors, ac- Flash Report of IC Insights’ 2022 McClean
tuators and discrete semiconductors Report service.
(O-S-D) each climbed to record-high
levels during the 2021 global eco- Discretes sales surged
nomic rebound from the COVID-19 Fueled by purchases of power transistors,
virus crisis and lockdowns. diodes, and many commodity devices,
total discrete semiconductor sales surged
Revenues above $100 billion 27% in 2021—more than 5x the annual
According to IC Insights’ January Semi- average growth rate in the last three de-
conductor Industry Flash Report, total O- cades—to $35.2 billion.
S-D revenues crossed $100 billion for the
first time ever in 2021, growing 18% to Meanwhile, revenues climbed 26% in
$104.2 billion compared to $88.3 billion in 2021 for sensors (including pressure and
2020, when combined sales in the three microphone chips, accelerometers and
markets increased by less than 3% as the gyroscope devices, magnetic-field sensors
virus first took hold (figure). and compasses, and temperature sen-
sensors); actuators sales
jumped by 31% last year.
The total sensor/actuator
market grew 28% in 2021 to
a record-high $21.1 billion,
according to the report.
Opto sales “muted”
Optoelectronics sales growth
was muted in the 2021 re-
bound due to the lack of a
surge in CMOS image sen-
sors. These were held back
by trade frictions and tech-
nology disputes between the
U.S. and China, fluctuations
in some key end-use applica-
17% of total market tions, and shortages of ICs and other
O-S-D sales—which accounted for 17% components used in digital-imaging sys-
of the world’s $613.9 billion total semi- tems.
conductor market in 2021 (the rest being
ICs)—were driven last year by several Optoelectronics sales increased 9% in
factors. 2021 to a record-high $47.9 billion, and
the large CMOS image sensor category
These included sharp increases in unit only grew 6% to $20.3 billion last year,
demand for widely used discrete devices, says the report.
tight supplies of sensors and actuators, next page
