The Market for Smart Fabric "Components" for Consumer Applications is Expected to Grow Over $700 Million by 2011
As the market for wearable infotainment systems is nascent, there is little defined structure to the industry. There are a limited number of products currently on the market, resulting in limited success to date. However, there are a multitude of potential wearable applications that could meet consumer requirements and unmet needs, and numerous companies could be well positioned to achieve sales of wearable systems with the appropriate technology, form factor, and marketing. - May 23, 2008
Spending on Printed and Thin Film Electronics Goes Beyond Conventional Silicon, Reaching Up to $1.58 Billion in 2008
The latest market research report reveals the spending on printed and thin film electronics devices goes beyond conventional silicon, reaching up to $1.58 Billion this year. The majority of this is for OLED display panels ($0.69 Billion) which is the value of the panel and not the final device. - May 11, 2008
Microsystems Technologies are Poised to Change the Life Sciences Industry
Microelectronics, which has led to the explosion of consumer electronics sales, can now bring its added value to life science applications. The key challenge for microelectronics is to make complexity invisible and adapt it to the value chain and way of working to the life science industries. - April 11, 2008
The Compound Semiconductor Substrate Business Will Break the Billion Dollar Barrier by 2009
For more than 20 years, silicon pure players have been looking at those "strange" semiconductor materials made of a compound of 2 or more metals, wondering if it could be, one day, a threat for their existing business. Material makers are seeking new business opportunities outside of silicon and equipment suppliers are open to adapt their know-how and expand their product portfolio. - April 10, 2008
Nanotechnology Industry is Moving from Research to Production with Over 500 Consumer Nano-Products Already Available
Over the past two years, scale up of multi-wall carbon nanotube production has led to a dramatic price decrease down to $150/kg for semi-industrial applications. According to the new market research report, the run for industrial CNT production plants has started in order to achieve a sustainable business with the commercialization of these high-tech materials with a mid-term price target of $45/kg. - April 09, 2008
Overthrowing the Traditional Fire Power, the Future Energy Solution Will be Thin Film
The report looks at the potential for thin film to become a major technology that reduces the solar power cost and even the cost of the traditional fire power, which is currently the key energy source of today's world. The report points out that the thin film will be the next renewable energy solution because the oil energy can only support no more than 30 years of the global consumption. - March 28, 2008
Worldwide LED Driver IC Market Will Continue to Grow Rapidly for Many Years to Come, According to the New Report
Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "LED Driver ICs: Application Drivers, Technology Developments & Product Introduction Trends." Driven in the short-run primarily by mobile... - March 21, 2008
Automotive Electronics Market Continues Its Healthy Growth Reaching a Market Value of $173.7 Billion by 2013
The newest market report reveals continued healthy growth for the automotive electronics market. The current forecast calls for annual growth of 9 percent on average, reaching a market value of $173.7 billion by 2013, from estimated sales of $114.5 billion in 2008. - March 01, 2008
Wafer Level Packaging Scales Favorably with the Trend to Manufacture on Ever Increasing Wafer Diameters
Due to the amazing learning curve of the semiconductor industry in terms of chip density versus cost improvements over time, there is a widening gap between the scaling evolutions of the chip front-end and the packaging-assembly manufacturing industries. - February 21, 2008
Educational and Entertainment Robots: Modular, Flexible Designs Create Markets Expected to Reach $3.9 Billion by 2014
Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Educational and Entertainment Robot Market Strategy, Market Shares, and Market Forecasts, 2008-2014". - January 13, 2008
Advances in the Commercialization of Nanotechnology Create New Business Opportunities Within Existing and New Markets
Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Nanomaterials and Markets 2006-2015". Although commercialization of nanotechnology is presently in its infancy, the new market research report... - January 05, 2008
Nanotechnology Poised to be the Next Big Economic Driver in the Electronics Industry
While nanotechnology has already staked a large claim to the electronics market, and awaits further use as the semiconductor industry closes in on the physical limitations of CMOS, nanotechnology, applications are currently being driven by "convergence" in consumer electronics. - December 01, 2007
3D IC Packaging - Unavoidable Technology for Miniaturization and Increased Performance
The technical issues for innovative 3D packaging at the wafer level are close to being solved. The new market research report defines 3D as the most "integrated" approach and as an enabling technology platform applicable to digital and mixed signal electronics, wireless, electro-optical, MEMS, sensors, smart imagers, displays and other devices. - November 28, 2007
Asia-Pacific Targets High-Growth Opportunities in the Global Electronics Products Market, Forecast to Reach $2.0 Trillion in 2007
According to a new research report, the global market for electronics products has grown at an average rate of 12.6% per year, from $1.4 trillion in 2004 to an estimated $2.0 trillion in 2007. By 2012, the global market is expected to reach approximately $3.2 trillion, 9.5% of CAGR. Consumer products show the most noticeable increase, up to growth rate of 17.1%. Computer products come to the second, a CAGR of 11.2%. - November 03, 2007
Innovations in Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Technology Impact Market Growth: the Value of the Industry Will Rise to $9.9 Billion in 2008
The value of the global PVD industry, according to the new study, will increase from an estimated $9.0 billion to $9.9 billion in 2008. It should reach $16.7 billion in 2013, a compound annual growth rate of 11%. - October 24, 2007
Transistors' Transition: They Can Now be Deposited at High Speeds Onto Low Cost Flexible Substrates
What new electronic product is being researched by organizations in over 30 countries but none have sold anything yet? According to this new report, the answer is Thin Film Transistor Circuits (TFTCs), which do not employ traditional crystalline or amorphous silicon, germanium or gallium arsenide and that can therefore be deposited at high speeds onto low cost flexible substrates. - October 19, 2007
Sensor Technology, for the Most Comfortable Driving Position
The global market for automotive sensor technologies increased from $7.3 billion in 2006 to an estimated $8 billion by the end of 2007. According to this new report, the market should reach $13.5 billion by 2012. Moreover, power train sensors are expected to account for the largest share of the market, worth an estimated $4.7 billion in 2007 and expected to reach $7.7 billion by 2012. The analyst says, "In the future, sensor technologies will put people in the most comfortable driving position." - October 06, 2007