The market growth is expected to be driven by increased demand for devices with exceptional speed, low power consumption, smaller chip size, and reduced response time. Information and communication technology (ICT) and consumer electronics are seen as emerging sectors for adoption of 3D ICs and are expected to support the market growth during the forecast period 2013 – 2019.
Globally, 3D ICs market was valued at USD 2.40 billion in 2012 and is forecast to grow at 18.1% CAGR from 2013 – 2019. Different end-use industry sectors such as consumer electronics, ICT, transport (automotive and aerospace), military and others (biomedical applications and R&D), are getting benefitted by 3D IC integration technology. The global 3D ICs market in 2012 was dominated by the ICT sector, which accounted for 24.2% revenue share. The bandwidth requirement for high performance networking equipment and storage capacity of devices rises in every new generation. Hence, to address bandwidth and memory challenges emerging ICT sector is expected to adopt 3D IC integration technology for its high chip densityA figure of merit usually expressed in Joules per cubic inch for capacitors and high bandwidth advantages. SOI (silicon on insulator) wafers are widely preferred for 3D IC fabrication as it reduces unwanted heat production and parasitic capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value is expressed as the ratio of a quantity of electricity to a potential difference. A capacitance value is always positive..
Various industry products such as MEMS and sensors, optoelectronics and imaging, RF SiP, memories, logic (3D SiP/SoC) and HB LED are expected to deploy 3D IC integration. Among these products MEMS and sensor, logic (3D SiP/SoC) and memories (3D StacksMultiple capacitor elements stackedMultiple capacitor elements stacked in multi-unit arrangement to provide bulk capacitance and lower ESR. in multi-unit arrangement to provide bulk capacitance and lower ESR.Multiple capacitor elements stackedMultiple capacitor elements stacked in multi-unit arrangement to provide bulk capacitance and lower ESR. in multi-unit arrangement to provide bulk capacitance and lower ESR.) together accounted for approximately 67.6% of market revenue share in 2012. Continuous demand for devices with less expensive storage and higher capacity are the key factors for driving NAND and DRAM memory market. With the increasing demand for consumer electronic products, sales of image sensor and MEMS devices are estimated to grow in the forecast period. This in turn is expected to support adoption of 3D ICs in various devices. Geographically, Asia Pacific is expected to remain largest market for 3D IC technology due to the emerging ICT and consumer electronics sector in this region. Asia Pacific’s revenue share in 2012 was 40.7%.
