Handsets will overtake PCs this year as the largest application for ICs, says IC Insights. IC sales for handsets are projected to grow 16% in 2017 to $84.4 billion, as shown in Figure 1, while the IC market for personal computing systems (desktop and notebook PCs, tablets, and thin-client Internet-centric units) is now forecast to ...

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