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European Semiconductor Automated Test Equipment Markets
Frost & Sullivan, Nov 2009, Pages: 66
The Recession-hit European Semiconductor Automated Test Equipment Market Witnesses Extensive Consolidation
The economic downturn has resulted in an excess of memory devices in Europe due to oversupply, critically affecting the growth of the European semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE) market. Despite the Euro being strong, Europe has been constantly losing its market share to Asia. This market has witnessed major mergers and acquisitions in the recent past, and is expected to witness more consolidation in the future. “Time is a critical factor for this market and testing several components simultaneously will spur growth,” says the analyst of this research. “Vendors are developing key test solutions capable of testing both flash and memory with a single ATE.”
NAND memory is likely to experience greater demand with the growth of the consumer electronics market, especially high-end mobile phones. The demand for double-data-rate 3 (DDR3) is expected to help the ATE market witness further innovation and thereby, help develop more test solutions in the short and medium terms. Investment in R&D, especially during the downturn, is expected to boost the market growth in the short term. End users are looking for test equipment with an open architecture that is more flexible for R&D and system learning, which is likely to step-up the demand for such test systems during the short term.
Low-cost Test Solutions to Revive and Help the Market to Succeed
End users have significantly reduced their capital expenditure (CAPEX) due to the economic slump, impelling customers to perform in-house testing wherever possible with the help of self-made tools, thus affecting the low-cost ATE market. “Customers have developed their own self-testing methods to overcome CAPEX issues that are comparatively inexpensive but do not offer the same kind of sophistication as the commercially available test solutions,” explains the analyst.
Developing low-cost test solutions is the key to success for the European semiconductor ATE market. Additionally, the increasing value of the Euro has made it even more imperative for end users to shift their R&D activities to low-cost regions. “Sophisticated ATE solutions that are cost-effective and cater to various end user requirements is the main criterion that vendors should focus on in today’s competitive market scenario,” concludes the analyst.
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
By Products:
- Memory ATE
- Non-memory ATE
- Discrete ATE
- By End User:
- IT/Telecom
- Consumer electronics
- Defence
- Automotive
- Industrial and medical
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled European Semiconductor Automated Test Equipment Markets provides a comprehensive analysis of the product segments and end-user segments, and market ranking of participants. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets by product: memory ATE, non-memory ATE and discrete ATE. The end users covered in this research service are IT/telecom, consumer electronics, defence, automotive, industrial and medical.
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