Touch IC market is hot now, according to the research agency iSuppli's statistics, this year's global projected capacitive touch IC shipments will reach 1.4 billion, representing a growth of 40 percent over 2012, while the next two years, with mobile devices and laptop gradually into touch interface, the annual shipments maintain two-digit growth rate, it is estimated to total shipments in 2017 is expected to reach 2.7 billion, equal to nearly 5 years compound annual growth rate (CAGR) there are also 21% of the level of industrial growth powerfully.According to iSuppli, capacitive touch IC year in the smart phone and tablet computer import driven industry will remain healthy growth cycle, the next laptop will be a large number of imported touch interface, is expected to continue to support capacitive touch IC shipments growing strength. iSuppli believes that wireless mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers, is capacitive touch IC's main growth momentum, as consumers are more accustomed to the touch screen input methods, the future will penetrate into the capacitive touch laptop, PC screen, AIOPC (forming one computer), Ultrabook, even among automotive displays and other devices. iSuppli estimates that this year capacitive touch IC shipments of approximately up to 1.4 billion, representing a growth of 4 percent 1 billion in the next two years there are still two-digit annual growth rate to 2017 when shipments are expected to last look 2.7 billion, nearly five compound growth rate of 21 percent annually, the performance is quite strong. Buoyant demand in touch IC, the Taiwan-based touch IC manufacturers, including Elan, Empia, the original phase, SiS and Ili and other manufacturers, many investors still operating performance space.In addition, to meet the characteristics of thin electronic devices, In-Cell Touch with integrated single-chip capacitive touch, etc. are the future direction of development, but iSuppli believes that enhance the proportion is still relatively slow speed, is expected in 2016 with a single chip capacitive touch controlling the proportion of the IC device, only 20% or less.
