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Tuesday 20 August 2013
KYEC lands MEMS gyroscope testing orders
IC testing services provider King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has landed orders for MEMS gyroscopes from a US-based vendor, with initial orders focusing on tri-axis gyroscopes, and 6-axis...
Friday 16 August 2013
MEMS vendors gear up for growing demand for portable devices
STMicroelectronics, Bosch and InvenSense are gearing up to meet the demand from new Windows 8 devices, as well as tablets and smartphones slated for release in the second half of...
Monday 5 August 2013
Auto MEMS sensors to keep expanding toward banner growth in 2014, says IHS
Sales of automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors are expected to reach a high-water mark in two years as car-safety mandates come to full maturity and achieve maximum...
Thursday 25 July 2013
NFC, MEMS sensors, and gesture recognition the big smartphone differentiators in 2013, says ABI Research
Accelerometers, vision-based gesture recognition, gyroscopes, and NFC are predicted to be the feature set big winners in smartphones in 2013, according to ABI Research. "Gesture...
Friday 28 June 2013
Silicon Labs intros MEMS oscillator, manufactured by SMIC
Silicon Labs recently introduced its highly-integrated oscillators designed to replace general-purpose crystal oscillators (XOs) in cost-sensitive and high-volume applications such...
Friday 21 June 2013
Reed switches and MEMS: A conversation with Coto Technology
One of the oldest companies in the electronics industry, Coto Technology has been designing and developing small signal switching solutions for over 90 years. These days, the 93-year...
Friday 14 June 2013
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors to key strategic partners. Shipped as a chip scale package (CSP), the Cavendish...
Monday 6 May 2013
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to talk about using MEMS devices for energy harvesting, and how the application could...
Thursday 2 May 2013
Enriching multiple MEMS applications for mobile devices
STMicroelectronics, the largest semiconductor company in Europe, has been promoting the integration of multi-axis sensor technology to enable innovative MEMS applications for the...
Friday 26 April 2013
TSMC MEMS foundry biz expanding, says Yole
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) MEMS foundry business enjoyed an approximately 80% rise in 2012, achieving around US$42 million in sales. The significant growth...
Thursday 25 April 2013
KYEC lands new orders for MEMS testing
IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has grabbed orders for tri-axis accelerometers used in low-to-mid cost smartphones from a major MEMS IDM, with shipments kicking off...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Coto Technology claims industry's smallest MEMS reed switch
Coto Technology, which has been designing and developing small signal switching solutions to the worldwide electronics industry for over 90 years, has announced the availability of...
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Automotive and wireless apps help drive pressure sensors to rise to top of MEMS market in 2013, says IHS
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors will achieve accelerated growth in 2013 and become the leading type of MEMS device, driven by increasing use in automotive and...
Tuesday 2 April 2013
China makers gain share in MEMS sensor purchasing in 2012, says IHS
China-based handset and tablet manufacturers in 2012 more than doubled their share of purchases of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) motion sensors, reflecting the rising prominence...
Thursday 21 March 2013
Smartphones to drive MEMS pressure sensor market through 2016, says IHS
With the introduction of the Galaxy S4, Samsung Electronics continues to lead the market in the adoption of pressure sensors in smartphones, paving the way for massive growth in the...