Brian Matas

For over 25 years, Brian Matas has been providing clients with a thorough understanding of market trends/sales, capital spending, foundry, and the potential impact on systems growth. Along with his team at TechInsights, he covers the semiconductor industry markets for clients using historical data, economic analysis, and forecast trends.

Driven by curiosity and a background in physics and aerospace engineering, Brian is dedicated to learning all there is to know about the advanced technology used to design and manufacture semiconductors and the applications where they are used. Brian points to his personal and professional global travels as giving him the foundation necessary to understand the varying and unique needs of clients in different parts of the world. He’s always curious as to how and why world economies and circumstances will impact the semiconductor industry.

In his role as Market Research Analyst, Brian is responsible for researching, analyzing, and forecasting global trends and developments across the entire semiconductor industry for TechInsights’ McClean Report, an annual forecast and analysis of the semiconductor industry, with an emphasis on the memory and analog ICs markets. In addition to his day-to-day tasks, Brian is also a contributing author for TechInsights bi-weekly research bulletins.