For MCU that has been on the market for many years, recent years should be a good time in history. IC Insights, in its "The 2018 McClean Report" survey report, raised its forecast for MCU shipments to 18% in 2018, reaching nearly 30.6 billion pieces; revenue is expected to grow 11% to a record high of $18.6 billion, and 9% to $20.4 billion in 2019. For MCU manufacturers, how to "prepare for tomorrow" in the face of future opportunities?

Preparing for tomorrow

For MCU manufacturers, an eternal proposition is to evolve at the level of integration, cost, power consumption and security to meet the endless market demand. In the words of Pierre Charvet, product line marketing manager of ST microcontroller business, it is to prepare for tomorrow.

With the deepening of application, innovation has not only depended on MCU, but also needs more partners to help customers'application landing at the hardware and software levels. Therefore, a wide range of ecosystems need to be built. In addition, attention needs to be paid to vertical applications. Today's applications are more complex than in the past, from the past "may only focus on control", to now not only focus on control, but also from access, data, security and other aspects of comprehensive consideration, and future challenges will be more. Besides paying attention to big customers, we also need to pay attention to the needs of small and medium-sized customers.