Last year, the IC market reached 1.7 billion U.S. dollars and nearly 14% growth in 2010

Foreign media reported that in 2009, smart cards have gradually become a part of consumers' daily lives. Overall, 5.2 billion smart cards with built-in microcontrollers and embedded memory programs occupy areas such as SIM cards, payments, banking, government ID, and transportation. At the same time, according to the well-known survey agency ABIResearch "Smart Card Market Data," it was learned that the IC market has reached a value of 1.7 billion US dollars.

In the field of cards, Gemalto is still firmly seated on the world's largest card manufacturer. It is estimated that Gemalto has a market share of 33.8%; while Morpho has a market share of only 1.8%, but still can consolidate its fourth position.

At the same time, Infieon has a market share of 26.3% among IC manufacturers that use IC manufacturing as the source of most of their revenues; and Samsung, which is also engaged in SIM card production, has a 34% share of the market.

According to John Devlin, the main analyst, “The market conditions of the previous year were unusual. Although the smart card market has largely stood the test of economic recession, the IC market has suffered heavy losses on both fronts. First, due to the As a result of the tightening, both card makers and distributors have reduced their inventory, and secondly, due to rising prices, IC manufacturers’ production capacity and maintenance costs have greatly increased.The combination of these factors makes the value of the market decline. Expected to be even more powerful."

"The non-contact/double-sided contact smart card will be a new source of income, and more applications will place higher demands on the security of smart cards. At the same time, there is a small and solid smart card with built-in memory. The market, but this is only aimed at the high-end market, but it is still a new source of income. Based on this situation and the consideration of supplementary stocks, we expect IC revenue will still increase by nearly 14% in 2010,” Devlin said.