Research firm IC Insights estimates, although this year to maintain the status of the European automotive IC largest regional market, but the Asia-Pacific region are head-catching. Updated data IC Insights 2014 IC Market Drivers report confirmed that the Asia-Pacific region has become the largest market for IC sales position unbreakable, continuing the long-standing trend. Data show that the Asia-Pacific region will account for the estimated 2014 total sales of $ 285.9 billion IC market, nearly 59%, followed by the Americas, Europe and Japan. Asia-Pacific IC market share in computers and communications category of particularly high in the consumer and industrial sectors are less. From a global perspective, in 2013 the field of communications for the first time beyond the computer field, the largest IC terminal market, and this year's market share is expected to continue to widen the gap to 1.1 percent. It is predicted that 2014 will be the largest European automotive IC market, but with the Asia-Pacific region is becoming a hot new car sales, forecast Asia-Pacific region can win the first system in the field of IC sales in 2016.Forecast data highlights:1, according to forecasts, the highest growth rate of IC terminal market will be automotive and communications, 2013-2017 compound annual growth rates of 11.0% and 7.4%. 2, although the automotive IC market was reduced to $ 10.6 billion in 2009, but is forecast to reach $ 21.4 billion in 2014, and rushed to the $ 28.8 billion in 2017. 3, the two terminal markets - computers and communications, forecasting 73.7% IC market will be jointly accounted for in 2017, and in 2014 of 73.9 percent forecast roughly flat. 4, the Asia-Pacific region predicted to win a greater share of the IC market in the next four years, and reached 60.9% in 2017. In contrast, European and Japanese IC estimated market share will continue to shrink, which in Japan to 2017 at $ 330.2 billion of total IC market share is expected to get only 7.7%.