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Friday 10 April 2015
Sensor shipments strengthen but falling prices cut sales growth, says IC Insights
Sensor shipments are getting a big boost from the spread of embedded measurement functions for automated intelligent controls in systems and new high-volume applications, such as...
Friday 27 March 2015
Apple dictates the ranking of top 10 MEMS manufacturers in 2014, says IHS
Bosch reinforced its leadership in the MEMS industry in 2014 with a 16.6% increase to US$1167 million up from US$1001 million in 2013, according to IHS. Bosch alone held 12% of the...
Wednesday 11 February 2015
KYEC to enjoy robust growth in sales generated from MEMS testing
Backend house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to see sales generated from its MEMS business increase robustly in 2015, according to market sources.
Thursday 15 January 2015
Globalfoundries and Linear to offer joint analog solution for wearables and MEMS sensors markets
Contract chipmaker Globalfoundries and Linear Dimensions Semiconductor, which specializes in low-power analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, have announced that they are working...
Tuesday 6 January 2015
MEMSensing, SMIC introduce 3-axis accelerometer
China-based MEMSensing Microsystems and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) have jointly introduced what the companies claim is the world's smallest 3-axis acceleromet...
Friday 19 December 2014
Internet of Things stimulates MEMS market, says IHS
The explosive expansion of the Internet of things (IoT) is driving rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices in areas including asset-tracking systems,...
Friday 19 September 2014
STMicroelectronics sees increasing MEMS applications in wearable, IoT markets
STMicroelectronics has shipped over 8.5 billion MEMS chips and expects applications for MEMS chips in the wearable device, fitness/health monitoring and Internet of Things (IoT) sectors...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
China promoting development of MEMS industry
In view of strong demand for MEMS components from China-based smartphone vendors, the China government has been promoting the development of the local MEMS industry by teaming up...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
UMC enters volume production of NJR MEMS microphones
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reached volume production of MEMS microphone products for New Japan Radio (NJR), according to a joint announcement by the companies.
Thursday 26 June 2014
SiTime 32 kHz MEMS TXCO targets wearables: Interview with founder and Chief Scientist Dr. Aaron Partridge
Wearable devices have become a fast growing segment. Global technology pioneers are moving quickly to introduce new products such as smart glasses and smart watches. The first generation...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Knowles and Infineon are top suppliers of packaged MEMS microphones and bare microphone dies, says IHS
The global market for MEMS microphone chips is split into dual segments that are dominated by two suppliers: Knowles and Infineon Technologies AG, according to IHS.
Thursday 10 April 2014
Consolidation to continue in the MEMS microphone industry: Q&A with Akustica CEO Horst Muenzel
More and more players have made inroads into the MEMS microphone industry to cash in on the rising demand brought up by the popularity of smartphones.
Wednesday 2 April 2014
MEMS microphones broadcast strong growth; Apple and Samsung are the top buyers, says IHS
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones, used in best-selling devices like Apple's iPhone, face a resonant future as the market keeps climbing in the coming years, according...
Friday 28 March 2014
ASE, ChipMOS stepping into MEMS packaging sector
IC backend service companies Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and ChipMOS Technologies have been strengthening their deployments in the MEMS packaging sector, according to...
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Tong Hsing, Lingsen see MEMS driving 2014 growth
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides assembly and packaging services for CMOS image sensors as well as other niche ICs, expects robust growth in sales generated from its...