| Wireless, MEMS advancements boost energy harvesting
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2009-04-06 |
| What has really changed energy harvesting in the last two decades? The answer, in sum, is a confluence of the development of wireless and lower power electronics, along with advancements in sensors and MEMS |
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| iSuppli: auto sensor shipments to decline
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2009-03-26 |
| Shipments of sensors in the automotive segment were down by 6 percent in 2008 and are forecasted to be slashed by 19 percent in 2009, according to iSuppli's automotive practice. |
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| MEMS winners and losers of 2008
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2009-03-25 |
| The MEMS market saw significant changes in terms of the top-30 vendor rankings for 2008, according to market research and strategy consulting firm Yole Developpement |
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| Bosch taps Lam's deep silicon etch system
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2009-03-06 |
| Robert Bosch GmbH has selected Lam Research Corp.'s TCP 9400DSiE deep silicon etch system for current and next-generation manufacturing. |
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| ADI consolidates fabs amid sales drop
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2009-02-24 |
| Analog Devices Inc. will accelerate plans to consolidate its two remaining U.S. fabs into one facility as part of an effort to permanently reduce spending in the face of further projected revenue decline of 5 to 15 percent. |
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| The lowdown on the fab tool market
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2009-02-23 |
| 2009 is off to a rough start for fab tool and materials vendors. But some technologies—and companies—are doing better than others. |
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| Qualcomm, LG to bring energy-efficient displays
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2009-02-20 |
| Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. have agreed to begin the development of handsets with integrated nature-inspired mirasol displays, which consume less power than other display technologies |
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| MEMS accelerometers find place in CE
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2009-02-13 |
| Though MEMS accelerometer sales are likely to decrease to $846 million in 2009 due to a slump in automotive demand, ABI Research estimates that the market will recover to be worth $1.6 billion by 2012, fuelled by a boom in consumer applications |
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| RF chips find big market in medical apps
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2009-02-11 |
| Radio frequency CMOS is being applied to a growing but fragmented set of medical applications ranging from imaging and DNA testing to networking in and around the body. |
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| Smart phones keep IC suppliers afloat
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2009-02-10 |
| With the crisis bleeding out the electronics markets and suppliers, the relative strength of the smart phone market is helping some companies to keep their heads above water and propelling others to impressive growth. |
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| Consumer, mobile electronics propel MEMS market
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2009-02-04 |
| iSuppli Corp. has projected that global revenue from consumer and mobile electronics shipments of MEMS will rise to $2.6 billion in 2012, up from $1.1 billion in 2006 |
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| How to weather the economic storm
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2009-01-23 |
| Fab-tool veteran Nick Konidaris, president and CEO of Electro Scientific Industries Inc., provided some tips. |
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| ST's MEMS sales soared in '08
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2009-01-21 |
| According to iSuppli Corp., ST's sales of MEMS devices for portable and consumer devices surged from $96 million in 2007 to more than $209 million in 2008, a growth of 118 percent |
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| Coming soon: HD projector cellphones
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2009-01-15 |
| Are you ready for cellphones that could generate, play and even project high-definition (HD) video? |
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| iPhone mania lifts MEMS market
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2008-12-17 |
| Global revenue from shipments of MEMS for mobile handsets is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 34.4 percent from 2007 through 2012, largely to the success of iPhone, according to iSuppli Corp |
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