Dublin, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Custom System-On-Chip Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Market Global Report 2026" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Custom System-on-Chip ASIC Market Projected to Reach $37.62 Billion by 2030
The global custom system-on-chip application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) market continues to record strong growth as demand rises for specialized, high-performance semiconductor solutions. The market expanded from $24.24 billion in 2025 to $26.42 billion in 2026, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.0%. This growth reflects increasing adoption of customized chip architectures, greater demand for application-specific semiconductor solutions, expanding use of integrated components, and the need to improve processing efficiency while reducing power consumption across electronic devices.
The custom system-on-chip ASIC market is forecast to reach $37.62 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 9.2%. Market expansion is expected to be supported by demand for artificial intelligence-optimized ASIC solutions, high-performance computing architectures, specialized chips for emerging applications, and low-power semiconductor designs. Investment in advanced semiconductor manufacturing capabilities will also contribute to market development.
Key custom SoC ASIC market trends include wider adoption of application-specific semiconductor architectures and increasing demand for energy-efficient, high-performance chip designs. Manufacturers and technology developers are integrating advanced semiconductor intellectual property blocks while creating domain-specific chips tailored to targeted workloads. The development of compact, optimized system-on-chip designs is also accelerating as businesses seek improved performance, scalability, and power efficiency.
The continued deployment of 5G network infrastructure is a significant growth driver for the custom system-on-chip ASIC market. Rising demand for faster data transmission, low-latency communications, and greater network capacity is encouraging telecommunications providers to expand 5G coverage. This expansion creates demand for optimized, energy-efficient silicon capable of supporting substantial data throughput, edge computing, advanced connectivity, and network processing workloads.
According to the UK Office of Communications, the United Kingdom had more than 18,500 5G deployments across approximately 81,000 sites as of September 2023, compared with around 12,000 deployments in 2022. The increase demonstrates how telecommunications infrastructure investment can generate additional opportunities for custom ASIC and SoC developers serving networking, edge computing, and connectivity applications.
Innovation in semiconductor design automation is also shaping the market. In June 2025, InCore Semiconductors launched its SoC Generator platform to accelerate custom chip development. The platform enables designers to configure and integrate pre-validated intellectual property blocks into complete chip architectures while minimizing manual coding. Its capabilities include automated register-transfer level generation, architecture customization, simulation, and verification.
By reducing reliance on manual development, integration, and verification processes, advanced automation platforms can lower engineering complexity, shorten prototyping cycles, accelerate time-to-tapeout, and reduce overall development costs. These capabilities are particularly relevant to the development of AI accelerators, Internet of Things systems, automotive semiconductor solutions, and other specialized computing products.
Strategic acquisitions are further strengthening capabilities in high-speed connectivity and data center semiconductor design. In December 2025, Qualcomm Incorporated acquired Alphawave IP Group for $2.4 billion. The transaction is intended to enhance Qualcomm's capabilities in AI-driven computing, next-generation networking, and data center chip design while supporting its expansion beyond mobile technologies into enterprise and infrastructure markets. Alphawave IP contributes expertise in custom system-on-chip and application-specific integrated circuit technologies.
Asia-Pacific led the custom system-on-chip application-specific integrated circuit market in 2025, supported by its extensive semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem and strong electronics industry. North America is expected to be the fastest-growing region during the forecast period, driven by investment in AI, high-performance computing, advanced networking, and semiconductor innovation. The market analysis covers Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
Markets Covered:
1) By Design Type: Semi Custom; Fully Custom; Platform Based; Other Design Types
2) By Application: Consumer Electronics; Automotive; Data Centers; Telecommunications; Industrial; Healthcare; Aerospace And Defense; Other Applications
3) By End Users: Large Enterprises; Small And Medium Enterprises; Research Institutes
Subsegments:
1) By Semi Custom: Standard Cell Based Design; Gate Array Based Design; Field Programmable Gate Array Based Design; Structured Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design
2) By Fully Custom: Full Custom Digital Design; Full Custom Analog Design; Mixed Signal Custom Design; Transistor Level Custom Design
3) By Platform Based: Pre Validated Platform Design; Reusable Intellectual Property Based Design; System On Chip Platform Architecture Design; Application Specific Platform Design
4) By Other Design Types: Adaptive Design; Hybrid Design; Domain Specific Architecture Design; Configurable Architecture Design
Time Series: Five years historic and ten years forecast.
Data: Ratios of market size and growth to related markets, GDP proportions, expenditure per capita.
Data Segmentation: Country and regional historic and forecast data, market share of competitors, market segments.
Companies Featured
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Apple Inc.
- Arm Holdings plc
- Broadcom Inc.
- Cerebras Systems Inc.
- Faraday Technology Corporation
- Global Unichip Corporation (GUC)
- GlobalFoundries Inc.
- Infineon Technologies AG
- Intel Corporation
- Marvell Technology Inc.
- MediaTek Inc.
- Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Microsoft Corporation
- NVIDIA Corporation
- Qualcomm Incorporated
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
- Socionext Inc.
- Synopsys Inc.
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
- VeriSilicon Holdings Co Ltd.
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