This IDC study examines the 2025 market shares of the leading vendors in the Asia/Pacific fabless market.In 2025, the Asia/Pacific integrated circuit (IC) design (fabless) market continued to grow steadily driven by three forces: AI demand, a recovery in consumer electronics, and China's self-sufficiency policy. The market reached US$90.1 billion in 2025, up 13.9% year over year (YoY). AI infrastructure and intelligent edge applications have moved from an investment boom into volume production, becoming the core engine behind overall market growth."The Asia/Pacific fabless market showed strong momentum throughout 2025, driven by both the surge in AI compute demand and ongoing recovery in consumer electronics," says Galen Zeng, senior research manager, IDC. He adds, "China vendors, in particular, delivered better-than-expected growth, catalyzed by domestic substitution and AI demand, whereas Taiwan vendors continued to deepen their positions in AI applications and advanced process technology, reinforcing their global competitiveness. Looking ahead to 2026, against a backdrop of intensifying U.S.–China technology competition and continued tariff policy uncertainty, the Asia/Pacific IC design market remains resilient. IDC expects the market to reach US$102.7 billion in 2026, which will be a 14.0% YoY growth.".
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This IDC study examines the 2025 market shares of the leading vendors in the Asia/Pacific fabless market.
In 2025, the Asia/Pacific integrated circuit (IC) design (fabless) market continued to grow steadily driven by three forces: AI demand, a recovery in consumer electronics, and China's self-sufficiency policy. The market reached US$90.1 billion in 2025, up 13.9% year over year (YoY). AI infrastructure and intelligent edge applications have moved from an investment boom into volume production, becoming the core engine behind overall market growth.
"The Asia/Pacific fabless market showed strong momentum throughout 2025, driven by both the surge in AI compute demand and ongoing recovery in consumer electronics," says Galen Zeng, senior research manager, IDC. He adds, "China vendors, in particular, delivered better-than-expected growth, catalyzed by domestic substitution and AI demand, whereas Taiwan vendors continued to deepen their positions in AI applications and advanced process technology, reinforcing their global competitiveness. Looking ahead to 2026, against a backdrop of intensifying U.S.–China technology competition and continued tariff policy uncertainty, the Asia/Pacific IC design market remains resilient. IDC expects the market to reach US$102.7 billion in 2026, which will be a 14.0% YoY growth."
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