Global Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Fully depleted silicon on insulator (FD-SOI) technology is a planar process that leverages existing manufacturing methods to deliver reduced silicon geometries, improved performance and low power. This extends Moore's Law without the need for significantly more complicated manufacturing processes.

Fully Depleted Silicon on Insulator, or FDSOI, is a planar process technology that delivers the benefits of reduced silicon geometries while simplifying the manufacturing process. This process technology relies on two primary innovations. First, an ultra-thin layer of insulator, called the buried oxide (BOX), is positioned on top of the base silicon. Then, a very thin silicon film is used to form a transistor channel. Due to the thin film silicon structure, there is no need to dope the channel, thus making the transistor “fully depleted.”

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market finds that the global Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market reached a value of USD 922.0 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 5423.01 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 34.35% during the forecast period.

More than one million lives have been lost to COVID-19 since the start of 2020 and the toll continues to rise. Many more have suffered a serious illness. Close to 90 million people are expected to fall into extreme deprivation this year. Compared with the IMF report released in June, the global economic contraction in 2020 will not be as severe as previously predicted. This revision reflects a better-than-expected economic recovery in the second quarter. Global growth is projected at 5.2 percent in 2021, a little lower than in the June 2020 WEO Update, reflecting the more moderate downturn projected for 2020 and consistent with expectations of persistent social distancing. This is the worst global recession in decades, despite the huge efforts of governments with the support of fiscal and monetary policies to deal with the economic downturn. But from a long-term perspective, it is expected that the severe recession caused by the pandemic will cause a prolonged economic depression by reducing investment. Should COVID-19 outbreaks persist, should restrictions on movement be extended or reintroduced, or should disruptions to economic activity be prolonged, the recession could be deeper. Businesses might find it hard to service debt, heightened risk aversion could lead to climbing borrowing costs, and bankruptcies and defaults could result in financial crises in many countries. Under such unfavorable circumstances, there will still be a possibility of a global decline in 2021.

In addition to the economic impact, COVID-19 has also had an impact on the Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) technology market. The COVID-19 outbreak has restricted the production of Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) because the industrial chain has been broken. The main reason is that the COVID-19 outbreak caused traffic paralysis and restricted travel. As a result, product sales are restricted, and the market growth rate is relatively slow. In addition, due to the implementation of the blockade to curb the spread of infection, educational institutions such as schools, colleges, universities, and research institutions in different countries around the world have been closed. However, the government is promoting the e-learning process to avoid student losses in school. For example, the Indian government is collaborating with providers of various platforms such as TV, radio, applications and the Internet to ensure that academic knowledge is provided to students and to avoid loss of their academic year. This has stimulated demand for improvements in data centers, smart phones, TVs, tablets and laptops. Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) is an integral part of these devices. Therefore, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the increased demand for these devices has driven the growth of the Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market.

Driven by the advantages of Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) technology.

FD-SOI can use body bias to provide a wide range of performance and power consumption options, and has the characteristics of low power consumption, near two-dimensional plane, high performance, and low cost. Especially suitable for battery-powered consumer electronics. It is expected to be a large-scale replacement for CMOS to be applied to the emerging technology AIOT, helping the rise of emerging technology forces. At the 28nm node, FD-SOI wafers have certain advantages. By 20nm/14nm, the advantages of FD-SOI are obvious. The cost of FD-SOI wafers is lower than that of Bulk CMOS, and far lower than the cost of FinFET wafers. Compared with traditional Bulk CMOS, FD wafers can save up to 40% of power consumption while maintaining the same performance. Similarly, based on different design optimizations, the peak performance of processors based on fully depleted wafers can increase by up to 60%. Therefore, driven by the wide application and advantages of FO-SOI technology, the Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market will develop rapidly in the future.

The floating body and self-heating effects in SOI-based devices will limit the market.

SOI technology has potential competition with bulk CMOS and metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) because of its simple dielectric isolation, low power consumption, and high level of soft error immunity. However, unlike bulk CMOS and MOSFETs, SOI-based MOSFETs provide floating body effects due to high body resistance in SOI-based devices. These SOI-based memory devices that are affected by floating bodies have high current consumption, which may cause information loss.
In addition, in SOI-based devices, active thin silicon bodies are placed on silicon oxide, which is a good thermal insulator. During the operation of these devices, the power consumed by this active thin body is not easily dissipated, causing its temperature to rise. The increase in temperature of the thin active body reduces the mobility and current of SOI-based devices, which may damage or reduce their overall performance. Therefore, the floating body and self-heating effects in SOI-based devices limit the growth of the SOI market.

Region Overview:

In global comparison, a significant portion of the revenue was generated in Asia Pacific (47.41% in 2022).

Company Overview:

SOITEC is one of the major players operating in the Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market, holding a share of 42.79% in 2021.

SOITEC

Soitec is a France-based international industrial company specialized in generating and manufacturing high performance semiconductor materials. Soitec's semiconductor materials are used to manufacture chips which equip smartphones, tablets, computers, IT servers, and data centers. Soitec's products are also found in electronic components used in cars, connected objects (Internet of Things), as well as industrial and medical equipment. Soitec's flagship product is silicon on insulator (SOI). Materials produced by Soitec come in the form of substrates (also called wafers). These are produced as ultra-thin disks that are 200 to 300 mm in diameter and are less than 1 mm thick. These wafers are then etched and cut to be used for microchips in electronics.

Shin-Etsu Chemical

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. is the largest chemical company in Japan, ranked No. 9 in Forbes Global 2000 for chemical sector. Shin-Etsu has the largest global market share for polyvinyl chloride, semiconductor silicon, and photomask substrates.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, 28 nm segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2022.

Application Overview:

By application, the Automobile Networking segment occupied the biggest share from 2018 to 2022.

Consumer Electronics

Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes. Consumer electronics include devices used for entertainment, communications and recreation. Usually referred to as black goods due to many products being housed in black or dark casings.

Automobile Networking

Automobile Networking is a mission-critical component of environmentally friendly automobiles such as hybrids, which would not be possible without fast, reliable inter-communication between hybrid-drive components. Hybrids include a battery system, which means battery charging and management.
Automobile Networking is a system to realize information interoperability between vehicles and people, vehicles and roads, vehicles and vehicles, and cars and transport facilities, through the network information exchange, in order to achieve the effective monitoring of the vehicle and traffic flow.

Smart Home

Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances. It may also include home security such as access control and alarm systems. When connected with the Internet, home devices are an important constituent of the Internet of Things (IoT).
A home automation system typically connects controlled devices to a central hub or gateway. The user interface for control of the system uses either wall-mounted terminals, tablet or desktop computers, a mobile phone application, or a Web interface that may also be accessible off-site through the Internet.

Key Companies in the global Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market covered in Chapter 3:

Globalfoundries
Samsung
SOITEC
STMicroelectronics
Shin-Etsu Chemical

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

28 nm
22 nm
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (Fd-Soi) Technology market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Consumer Electronics
Automobile Networking
Smart Home
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)