BOSTON, July 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite strong growth in the GaAs device market, GaAs bulk substrate manufacturers saw both production and revenues decline for the second straight year. The recently released Strategy Analytics Advanced Semiconductor Applications (ASA) spreadsheet model and Forecast and Outlook report, Semi-Insulating GaAs Bulk Substrate Markets: 2013-2018 forecasts that new mobile architectures, competing technologies and flattening GaAs device growth rates will result in further declines in the total available market (TAM) for GaAs bulk substrates.
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Eric Higham, Service Director, Advanced Semiconductor Applications commented: "There will be challenging times ahead for GaAs substrate manufacturers. "The emergence of CMOS PAs and multi-mode, multi-band GaAs PAs will both act to slow growth and reduce revenue."
Asif Anwar, Director in the Strategic Technologies Practice added: "The good news is that prior disruptions in the GaAs bulk substrate supply chain appear to have been addressed, but this means a return to historical price erosion rates that will pull revenues down."