Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market

Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market Insights

The global Semiconductor Intellectual Property market is projected to grow at a CAGR of more than 5% between 2017 and 2025. The market is influenced by the adoption of multi-core technology by consumers. Also, the growing need for modern System on Chip (SoC) designs and the increasing demand for connected devices are anticipated to foster the demand over the coming years.

Advantages such as the adoption of the services offered by the third-party IP vendors and the rising IP blocks’ licensing by industries is anticipated to stimulate market growth. However, the ever-changing nature of technology acts as the major restraint.

The electronics' manufacturing sector in the countries such as the United States, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Taiwan, China, and South Korea are anticipated to augment market growth over the coming years.

Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market: Design Insights

On the basis of design, the Semiconductor Intellectual Property market is segmented into Processor IP, Interface, IP and Memory IP. The processor IP is anticipated to occupy the largest share and is expected to register a significant growth rate over the forecast period. The wide usage of processors in consumer electronics' applications coupled with the market for memory IP is expected to dominate the industry by 2025.

The increase in demand for high-speed, less power consuming and highly scalable memory devices coupled with the increasing demand for memory in connected & wearable devices is expected to augment growth over the coming years.

Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market: Source Insights

Based on source, the Semiconductor Intellectual Property market is segmented into royalty and licensing. The market for royalty is expected to grow at an increasing rate over the forecast period.

Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market: Vertical Insights

Based on verticals, the Semiconductor Intellectual Property market has been segmented into automotive, industrial, and telecom. The consumer electronics application segment is expected to occupy the highest share of the semiconductor IP market. This growth is attributed to the increasing penetration of smartphones and other electronic appliances. Other factors such as growing demand for fast and efficient processors are also expected to foster the demand for this segment.

Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market: Regional Insights

Asia Pacific has occupied the largest market share in 2016. Developing countries such as India and China are expected to record a significant growth rate over the forecast period. Furthermore, government funding to support this industry in China is anticipated to boost the industry growth.

North America and Europe are also expected to emerge as the key revenue generating regions over the forecast period. In Europe, the demand is expected to arise from countries such as Germany, France, and the UK due to the presence of key vendors of semiconductor IP cores.

Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market: End-Use Landscape

The end-use landscape entails a list of current and prospective consumers prevailing across the regions. This section provides company addresses, contact details, products, and regional presence of companies who are purchasing or are likely to purchase from semiconductor Intellectual Property market over the coming years. Some leading consumers of this market are Daimler (Germany), Ford (The U.S.), Hewlett Packard (The U.S.) and Dongfeng Motor Group (China).

Semiconductor Intellectual Property Market: Competitive Landscape

The global Intellectual Property market is expected to be significantly large due to the presence of numerous manufacturers. The key players include Lattice Semiconductor (The U.S.), Rambus (The U.S.), Mindtree Limited (India), Imagination Technologies (UK), and Ememory Technology (Taiwan).

Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of companies profiled in the report.

In September 2017, Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. announced a semiconductor memory patent license agreement with Toshiba Corporation.

In September 2017, Canyon Bridge, bought the Imagination Technologies one of the world's leading manufacturer of mobile graphics processors and a leader in the semiconductor IP field for about 550 million pounds.