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            Automotive chips share may                          expected this year and 9.9% share by the

          rise 10% by 2026: IC Insights                         year 2026.

                                                                New sensors
        SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — IC Insights
        3Q Update to the McClean Report                         At the heart of this growth are the myriad
        notes the automotive IC marketshare                     number of new sensors, analog devices,
        has steadily increased since 1998                       controllers, and optoelectronics being in-
        growing from 4.7% of total IC sales                     corporated into most new vehicles.
        that year to 7.4% in 2021.
                                                                Moreover, the rise of hybrid and all-electric
        Marketshare gains                                       vehicle sales worldwide is adding to this
        Marketshare gains are forecast to continue              forecast growth.  In a report released by
        for the auto segment, with an 8.5% share                Automotive News, a sharp increase in e-
                                                                                           lectric-vehicle sales
                                                                                           in the first three
                                                                                           months of 2022
                                                                                           raised the EV share
                                                                                           of new car sales in
                                                                                           the U.S. to approxi-
                                                                                           mately 5%.


                                                                                           Of the approximate-
                                                                                           ly 250 million cars
                                                                                           and light-duty trucks
                                                                                           in the U.S., it is
                                                                                           estimated that only
                                                                                           1% are electric, but
                                                                                           interest and sales
                                                                                           continue to grow.


                                                                                           Strongest CAGR
                                                                                           These factors are
                                                                                expected to result in the
                                                                                automotive market register-
                                                                                ing the strongest 2021-2026
                                                                                CAGR of any of the major
                                                                                end-use segments at 13.4%.


                                                                                Given its relatively small size,
                                                                                however, the high growth in
                                                                                the automotive IC segment
                                                                                is not expected to be enough
                                                                                to lift the growth rate of the
                                                                                total IC industry significantly
                                                                                in the next five years.
                                                                                                 icinsights.com
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