Recently, according to the latest report by IC Insights, after a significant 22% growth in global IC shipments during the economic recovery period in 2021, it is expected to increase by another 9.2% this year to 427.7 billion units, continuing to reach a historic high, almost five times the shipment volume in 2000 and nearly 44 times the shipment volume in 1980. In addition, it is expected that the compound annual growth rate of IC shipments from 2021 to 2026 will be 7%.

From the perspective of IC shipments in previous years, there have been five declines in IC shipments in 1985, 2001, 2009, 2012, and 2019, but there has never been a consecutive two-year decline in shipments.
In terms of product categories for shipments, according to the 33 main IC categories defined by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics Organization (WSTS), 30 categories will have positive growth in shipments this year, and 12 products will have an annual growth rate that exceeds the expected 9.2% growth rate of the total IC shipments this year. However, shipments of three categories, including Static Random Access (SRAM) chips, Digital Signal Processors (DSP), and Gate Arrays, will decrease.
The above is the "estimated 9.2% increase in global IC shipments by 2022" shared by the development engineers of Yingruien microcontroller. Yingruien focuses on the design and development of single-chip application solutions, providing 8-bit single-chip microcontrollers, 16-bit single-chip microcontrollers, and 32-bit single-chip microcontrollers.