Wave Issue 0200 1/4/02 Article 4-01

***iSuppli Forecasts Tough Times for Standard Logic Components
(January 2)

The latest projections from the iSuppli Market Intelligence
Service indicate that the market for standard logic will
experience its worst decline in history during 2001. Revenues for
these small devices, commonly used in virtually every electronic
system, will decrease 46 percent to just $1.6 billion from a high
of $3 billion just last year. Recovery for this type of component
will also lag the rest of the electronics industry, with revenues
increasing to just over $2.3 billion by 2005.

According to the company's report A FUTURE FOR STANDARD LOGIC
COMPONENTS?, buyers should be on the look-out for designs that
include TTL devices, as suppliers will be paring their offerings
in this area and not pursuing development of new families of
these parts. They should encourage engineering teams to switch to
CMOS equivalents to avoid end-of-life problems that might impact
continuity of supply.

This 50-page iSuppli Market Intelligence report takes a look at
all standard logic segments, including CMOS, BiCMOS, ECL and TTL
devices. It includes analyses of the entire supply chain for
standard logic and profiles suppliers and their product
introductions.

www.isuppli.com

Find additional information about standard logic:

www.wave-report.com/tutorials/logic.htm