The global market for metamaterials was worth $222.3 million in 2010 and $256.1 million in 2011. Analysts expect the market to grow to $758.7 million by 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.3% since 2011, and to reach $1.9 billion by 2021, a CAGR of 19.6% between 2016 and 2021. - January 25, 2012
The world's governments currently spend $10 billion per year on nanotechnology research and development, with that figure set to grow by 20% over the next three years. By the end of 2011, the total government funding for nanotechnology research worldwide will be $65 billion, rising to $100 billion by 2014. - August 25, 2011
Global demand for robotics will reach $21.8 billion in 2011. That value is projected to reach $30.1 billion in 2016, after increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7%. The global robotics market can be broken down into four regions that account for the sale of virtually all robots – Asia, North America, the European Union, and other markets. - August 18, 2011
Home automation technology has been around for many years, but it has only recently begun to enter the mainstream. The reasons for home automation's growing popularity include developments on the demand side as well as the supply side. - August 14, 2011
Solar energy units re evolving more sophisticated technology that works. The worldwide demand for energy is steadily increasing. Demand for energy is doubling every 15 years. Markets at $32.1 billion in 2010 are set to grow to $338.2 billion by 2017, reaching $ 1 trillion sometime in the middle of 2021. - August 11, 2011
World demand for rare earths is forecast to expand 7.1 percent per year to 180,000 metric tons in 2015. In dollar terms, sales are expected to more than triple from $3.0 billion in 2010 to $9.2 billion in 2015. Consumption will be driven by increases in battery Alloy, electronic product, motor vehicle and permanent magnet output. Market growth is expected to accelerate substantially from the 2005-2010 period. - August 07, 2011
IPC-A-610E Common Inspection Errors (DVD-71C) has been developed to clarify the most common misunderstandings and misinterpretations when using the IPC-A-610 criteria to inspect circuit board assemblies. Without an industry standard like IPC-A-610, each company would be using an internal specification. - June 17, 2011
According to a new technical market research report, the global market value for graphene-based products will be worth an estimated $67 million in 2015 and is expected to increase to $675.1 million in 2020, for a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 58.7%. - June 16, 2011
The total global machine vision system and component market is expected to be worth 15.3 billion USD by 2015, out of which the camera & smart camera will account for nearly 27.3% of the total revenues. The global market is expected to record a CAGR of 9.3% from 2010 to 2015. - June 11, 2011
This report measures and examines the emerging market for utility-scale “alternative electric power storage,” including the use of batteries, fuel cells, capacitive storage, and flywheel energy storage. These storage approaches can be deployed using stationary facilities, mobile arrays, and increasingly, smart grids that can combine a variety of approaches (including banks of parked electric vehicles). - May 29, 2011
The market for PTDs is currently valued at approximately $1.4 billion worldwide and continues to grow at a healthy rate. The principal reason for doing this study is to present a current assessment of the PTD industry from both a technological and market point of view and to outline future trends and key developments. - May 12, 2011
The market for PTDs is currently valued at approximately $1.4 billion worldwide and continues to grow at a healthy rate. The principal reason for doing this study is to present a current assessment of the PTD industry from both a technological and market point of view and to outline future trends and key developments. - May 11, 2011
The benefits offered by printed electronics technology such as low manufacturing cost incurred and ability to use wide variety of substrates are driving the global printed electronics market. - April 08, 2011
The report analyzes the video surveillance market by components and applications and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities for the video surveillance market in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and ROW. The increasing need for security is driving the growth of the global video surveillance market. The video surveillance market is expected to grow from $11.5 billion in 2008 to $37.7 billion in 2015 at a CAGR of 20.4% from 2010 to 2015. - March 09, 2011
The year 2009 was difficult for several MEMS manufacturers, but 2010 saw a major return to growth for the entire industry. Going into 2011, global sales of both Sensors and MEMs are projected to reach nearly $11.1 billion in global revenue and 9.6 billion unit shipments. Over the next five years both sales and shipments are expected to experience average annual growth of 12 percent. - March 09, 2011
Based on a comprehensive technical and market assessment, this report reveals the onset of several impending QD-based product launches. The global market for QDs, which in 2010 is estimated to generate $67 million in revenues, is projected to grow over the next 5 years at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 58.3%, reaching almost $670 million by 2015, representing a tenfold increase. - February 25, 2011
Based on a comprehensive technical and market assessment, this report reveals the onset of several impending QD-based product launches. The global market for QDs, which in 2010 is estimated to generate $67 million in revenues, is projected to grow over the next 5 years at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 58.3%, reaching almost $670 million by 2015, representing a tenfold increase. - February 24, 2011
Electronic chemicals and materials are solid, liquid, and gaseous substances used in the fabrication of semiconductors and printed circuit boards (PCBs). Global demand for electronic chemicals and materials, particularly in developed countries, is projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6% through 2015. - January 22, 2011
According to recent research, the global CE industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of around 5% during 2010-2013. Continuous innovation and technological development are encouraging the emergence of new, more improved consumer electronics products which, in turn, is attracting more consumers to spend on these products. - December 03, 2010
As 2010 is expected to be a significant growth year, image sensors are being discussed more often as attractive opportunities for suppliers, and although many of the best current opportunities for image sensors can be found in developing CMOS products for the latest smartphones and portable consumer electronics, there are some interesting possibilities in the automotive, industrial, and medical markets as well, and there will likely be many more to come. - November 21, 2010
With a value of 217 billion euro in 2009, Europe still accounts for 19% of the 1,115 billion euro global production of electronic equipment. This global production value is equally divided between mass market product categories (PCs, mobile phones, game consoles, etc.) and professional electronic equipment. - October 29, 2010
Numerous global events have pointed to manufacturing close to European customers as being a healthy alternative to earlier strategies to manufacture only in places like China. For example, fluctuation of the Euro makes manufacturing in the region more economically advantageous. There is also a growing dissatisfaction with manufacturing Europe-bound products in China. - October 17, 2010
Programmable logic vendors are able to address an increasing number of ASIC and ASSP opportunities. As ASICs and ASSPs are displaced by FPGAs, a significant market opportunity opens. Programmable logic IC markets are driven by the benefits of added convenience and increased productivity. Portable electronic design is becoming more challenging as product revisions require more advanced feature function packages. - October 15, 2010
The personal video recorder (PVR) market is continuing to grow, fueled by high-definition models (HD), according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. - July 05, 2009
The market for digital photo frames has taken-off, particularly since prices dropped to affordable levels in the first half of 2009, according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. - July 04, 2009
Computex always provides a popular forum for companies to highlight their latest, greatest offerings. This year, despite being forecast to together account for only 19% of the notebook PCs shipped in 2009, the most talked about subjects are netbooks and UMPCs. - June 27, 2009
Market for LEDs in notebooks will grow from around $200 million in 2008 to over $800 million in 2010, according to a new research report available at Electronics.ca - June 25, 2009
Number three smart card manufacturer Oberthur Technologies (up 1.4% YOY in 2008) closed the gap on Giesecke & Devrient in second place last year to less than one percent market share difference following its acquisition of XPonCard. - June 21, 2009
Much like the boom-to-bust IC industry in recent decades, manufacturers of solar-energy cells and thin films are having a difficult time matching investments for new production capacity with the recessionary and recovery throes of the fledgling photovoltaic (PV)-device market. - June 20, 2009
After a rigorous ten months, the decision regarding the chosen technologies for version 2 of Continua's design guidelines have finally been announced. Bluetooth Low Energy has been chosen to enable low powered portable medical devices in a PAN setting. - June 20, 2009
Opportunities for growth will be for hybrid analog/digital tuner manufacturers to increase share by lowering prices, or for new entrants to leapfrog the analog and hybrid segments by aggressively targeting the emerging digital-only segments, albeit with lower margins, according to the report. Overall, selling PC TV tuners is going to be a tougher business going forward. - June 19, 2009
The latest data in the report shows that SWP NFC-enabled handsets will start to ramp up in 2010 before gaining significant penetration and volumes in 2011 and beyond. Whether this will be the long-term solution is yet to be determined though. - June 17, 2009
According to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications, 2Q09 semiconductor company outlooks are increasingly optimistic. - June 14, 2009
In 2007, the leading LED suppliers remained the same, but they now face strong challenges from companies in Taiwan and Korea, according to a market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. - May 16, 2009
According to a new technical market research report, the U.S. market for home automation and security technologies generated $2.3 billion in 2008 and an estimated $2.5 billion in 2009. - May 14, 2009
Digital power conversion is entering its third generation, and sales of digital controller ICs have achieved a significant milestone with cumulative shipments exceeding five billion units by 2010. As a result of the introduction of the new third-generation controller ICs, the digital landscape will be recast in 2009. - May 14, 2009
The worldwide semiconductor photomask market is estimated to be $2.9 billion in 2008 and forecasted to fall to $2.5 billion in 2009, according to a new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications. - May 10, 2009
A new study available at Electronics.ca Publications suggest that though new light vehicle sales may not recover to 2007 levels until 2011, some optional features may fare better than others. - May 06, 2009
ARM is forecast to pass Power Architecture and x86 to become the leading 32-bit microcontroller and embedded microprocessor architecture in 2011, according to the latest analysis available at Electronics.ca Publications. - May 02, 2009
As Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio eagerly await approval of their year-old merger attempt, media watchers wonder whether satellite radio anywhere else can copy the success achieved by those space-age broadcasters in the U.S. market. While Sirius and XM operate in the U.S. the other regions of the world are in the hands of a collection of four other broadcasters. - May 02, 2009
Although cellular handset will continue to dominate shipments of devices with integrated GPS, the next growth spurt will come from mobile consumer electronics (CE) and mobile computing applications, according to a new report available at Electronics.ca Publications - May 01, 2009
According to a new market research report, Embedded Systems: Technologies and Markets available at Electronics.ca Publications, the global market for embedded systems technologies was worth $92.0 billion in 2008. This will increase to $112.5 billion in 2013, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1%. - April 30, 2009
The semiconductor opportunity in standard definition (SD) Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) Set Top Boxes will peak in 2011 at nearly $500 million. High-definition DTT Set Top Boxes also offer a short term spike in semiconductor opportunity. However, SD DTT Set Top Boxes are the more sustainable opportunity for semiconductor manufacturers. - April 30, 2009
As expected, the entire industry from semiconductors to PCs had to deal with a surplus in inventory at a time when demand was falling. In many segments of the market, manufacturing capacity and excess inventory levels have been reduced to desired levels. Going forward into the second half of 2009, the depleted inventory levels should lead to an increase in orders. - April 29, 2009
Car audio is important, but what's important in car audio? The rush of vehicle manufacturers to accommodate the changing preferences of audio consumers proves that car makers, at least, view audio features as a key differentiator. - April 26, 2009
According to the new market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications, the global market for robotics was worth $17.3 billion in 2008. This will increase to $17.6 billion in 2009 and $21.4 billion in 2014, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.0%. - April 25, 2009
In 4Q08, worldwide revenue for the overall WLAN market decreased by 2.4% year-over-year (YoY), down from $1.19 billion in 4Q07 to $1.16 billion in 4Q08. Despite the overall market decline in 4Q08, revenue and shipments of draft 11n products grew by over 80%. - April 24, 2009
These days mobile broadband talk is all about LTE, WiMAX and 4G. These topics dominate discussions at trade shows and coverage in trade publications. It is as if 3G is on its death knell and 2G but a distant memory. When looking at the facts however the reality of today’s mobile data networks are quite the opposite. - April 19, 2009
RVMaS solutions offer a rich set of features and benefits unavailable with traditional analogue solutions. Whilst DVR-based systems are constrained to using local storage for recording video, RVMaS solutions can use remotely hosted storage. - April 17, 2009
According to a market research report available at Electronics.ca Publications, all regions and industry segments exhibited strong growth during the year. The research report estimates that total worldwide revenues for the motion control products market were $9.9 billion. - April 09, 2009
