The timing devices market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• There has been a swift expansion in the timing devices market size in the past few years. Its growth is projected to accelerate from $7.18 billion in 2024 to $7.94 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7%.
Various factors have contributed to this growth in the past, such as advancements in telecommunications technologies, the boom in the consumer electronics market, an increase in disposable income, expansion of the automotive industry, and a massive surge in data centers and cloud computing services.
The timing devices market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• Over the next few years, the timing devices market is projected to experience fast-paced growth, reaching $11.77 billion in 2029 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3%.
This predicted growth can be traced back to the growing complexity in semiconductor devices, advancements in healthcare technology, higher defence and aerospace spending, ongoing expansion in renewable energy, and the increasing adoption of automated and intelligent manufacturing technologies. The forecast period will also see some notable trends including rising demand for 5G technology, transformation of the car industry towards autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), skyrocketing popularity of wearable healthcare technologies, smart grid infrastructure expansion, and growth in IoT applications.
The surge in smartphone usage is anticipated to fuel the growth of the timing devices market. A smartphone is a mobile device equipped with operating systems, web browsing, and diverse applications. The escalation in smartphone utilization is attributed to technological advances, the rise in affordable smartphones, and the growth of mobile networks. Timing devices in smartphones allow accurate synchronization of several functions, such as clock time, network communication, and sensor data collection. For example, Uswitch Limited, a UK-based financial conduct authority, reported that in February 2024, the number of mobile connections in the UK, starting from 2022, had risen to 71.8 million, marking a 3.8% (or approximately 2.6 million) increase from 2021. The population of the UK is projected to reach 68.3 million by 2025, out of which, nearly 95% (or about 65 million people) will possess a smartphone. Thus, the widespread adoption of smartphones is propelling the growth of the timing devices market.
The timing devices market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Type: Oscillators, Atomic Clocks, Resonators, Clock Generators, Clock Buffers, Jitter Attenuators
2) By Material: Crystal, Silicon, Ceramic
3) By Vertical: Consumer Electronics, Enterprise Electronics, Banking, Financial Services And Insurance (BFSI), Telecommunications And Networking, Automotive, Industrial, Military And Aerospace, Medical And Healthcare
Subsegments:
1) By Oscillators: Quartz Oscillators, Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCO), Crystal Oscillators, MEMS Oscillators
2) By Atomic Clocks: Cesium Clocks, Hydrogen Masers, Rubidium Clocks
3) By Resonators: Quartz Resonators, MEMS Resonators
4) By Clock Generators: Digital Clock Generators, Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Clock Generators
5) By Clock Buffers: Buffer Amplifiers, Buffer Circuits
6) By Jitter Attenuators: Analog Jitter Attenuators, Digital Jitter Attenuators
Leading firms in the timing devices market are strategizing to broaden their offerings with the inclusion of innovative tools like integrated clock chips to align with the changing needs of the telecommunications industry. Integrated clock chips are custom-made timing components utilized to synchronize the rapid data processing across several servers, thereby boosting efficiency and minimizing latency in AI-powered functions. For example, in April 2024, SiTime Corporation, an American semiconductor firm, debuted its Chorus lineup of clock generators, tailor-made for AI data center solutions. This groundbreaking product is a MEMS-based clock system on a chip (ClkSoC) that delivers up to a tenfold increase in performance and takes up half the space in contrast to traditional independent oscillators and clocks. The fused design features clock, oscillator, and resonator technologies, thereby streamlining the clock architecture in systems and considerably cutting down design time by as much as six weeks.
Major companies operating in the timing devices market are:
• Texas Instruments Incorporated
• Kyocera Corporation
• STMicroelectronics N.V.
• Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
• Infineon Technologies AG
• NXP Semiconductors N.V.
• Analog Devices Inc.
• Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Seiko Epson Corporation
• ON Semiconductor Corporation
• Microchip Technology Inc.
• Diodes Incorporated
• Microsemi Corporation
• Mouser Electronics Inc.
• CTS Corporation
• TXC Corporation
• Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co. Ltd.
• SiTime Corporation
• Rakon Limited
• Frequency Electronics Inc.
• Connor-Winfield Corporation
• Oscilloquartz SA
• AccuBeat Limited
• Crystek Corporation
• Greenray Industries Inc.
• IQD Frequency Products Ltd.
• Mercury United Electronics Inc.
Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the timing devices market in 2024. The regions covered in the timing devices market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.