The clock buffer market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The market size of the clock buffer has experienced robust growth lately. It's projected to increase from $2.47 billion in 2024 to a hefty sum of $2.68 billion in 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5%. This substantial growth during the historic period is as a result of a surge in demand for consumer electronics, the rise in industrial automation, the advancement of telecommunication infrastructure, the expansion of computing and data centers, as well as the prevailing trends in the global semiconductor industry.
The Clock Buffer market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• Anticipations are high for robust expansion in the clock buffer market in the coming years, with its valuation expected to reach $3.78 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%.
The predicted growth within this forecast period is tied to various factors including the expansion of IoT (internet of things), advancement in automotive electronics, the rise of edge computing, increasing demand for high-efficiency computing, and ongoing innovations in semiconductor manufacturing. Key trends to watch within this forecast period involve technological advancements, the emergence of high-performance solutions, feature integrations, upsurge in IoT and edge computing, energy efficiency and the development of low-noise designs.
The clock buffer market is anticipated to see significant growth driven by the escalating usage of smartphones. A smartphone, which is a cellular phone equipped with features akin to a computer such as an operating system, the ability to browse the web, and run software applications, consequently, increases the demand for clock buffers. Clock buffers are a kind of integrated circuit that produce periodic signals required for gap creation in electronic devices like smartphones. For example, BankMyCell, a competitive New York-based firm, noted in May 2024 that the global smartphone user count stood at 4.88 billion. This translates to roughly 60.42% of the global population owning smartphones, indicating a 14.9% growth compared to the previous year. The report also noted there are individuals who own more than one smartphone, bringing the total number of active smartphones worldwide to roughly 7.21 billion. A year earlier, in 2023, the number of smartphone users was 4.25 billion.
The clock buffer market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Type: Differential Clock Buffer, Single-Ended Clock Buffer, Universal, Other Types
2) By End-User Vertical: Military And Defense, Industrial, Consumer Electronics, IT And Telecommunication, Other End-User Verticals
Subsegments:
1) By Differential Clock Buffer: Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) Buffers, High-Speed Differential Buffers
2) By Single-Ended Clock Buffer: Standard Single-Ended Buffers, Low Power Single-Ended Buffers
3) By Universal: Programmable Clock Buffers, Multi-Standard Clock Buffers
4) By Other Types: High Frequency Clock Buffers, Fanout Clock Buffers
The central trend gaining traction in the clock buffer market is product innovation. Major businesses in this market are creating groundbreaking products, such as low-jitter clock buffers and clock buffers adhering to PCIe Gen6 standards and supporting the latest PCI Express (PCIe) 5.0 protocol, among others, in order to maintain their market standing. For instance, Renesas Electronics Corporation, a leader in advanced semiconductor solutions based in Japan, launched the first-ever clock buffers and multiplexers in April 2022 that meet the rigorous specifications of PCIe Gen6. Furthermore, these unique features are enhanced by new gadgets that support and provide extra tolerance for PCIe Gen5 implementations, delivering a comprehensive PCIe Gen6 timing solution for sectors like data center/cloud computing, networking, and high-speed industrial applications.
Major companies operating in the clock buffer market include:
• Semiconductor Components Industries LLC
• Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Infineon Technologies AG
• Skyworks Solutions Inc.
• Texas Instruments Incorporated
• Diodes Incorporated
• Analog Devices Inc.
• Microchip Technology Inc.
• Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
• NXP Semiconductors Corp.
• Advanced Analog Technologies Inc.
• Spectralinear Inc.
• PulseCore Semiconductor Inc.
• PhaseLink Corporation
• ON Semiconductor Corp.
• STMicroelectronics NV
• Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
• East Crystal Electronic Co. Ltd.
• Delta Electronics Inc.
• Asahi Kasei Corporation
• Aker Technology Co.
• Silicon Laboratories Inc.
• Toshiba Corp.
• Teledyne e2v Co.
• Intel Corp.
• Global Mixed-mode Technology Inc.
• Integrated Device Technology Inc.
• Maxim Integrated Inc.
• ROHM Co. Ltd.
• Semtech Corporation
• Silego Technology Inc.
• TDK Corporation
• Teridian Semiconductor Corporation
• TriQuint Semiconductor Inc.
• Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.
• ZMD AG
North America was the largest region in the clock buffer market share in 2024. The regions covered in the clock buffer market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.