ATR-Newswire (Press Release) - Feb 12, 2013 - ELECTRONICS.CA
PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge
network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "The Market for Thermal Management Technologies ". According to this report, the market for thermal management
technologies was valued at $6.7 billion in 2011 and reached $7 billion
in 2012. Total market value is expected to reach $10.1 billion in 2017
after increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
7.6%.
Thermal management hardware (e.g., fans and blowers, heat
sinks, etc.) account for about 80% of the total thermal management
market. The other main thermal management product segments –software,
interface materials, and substrates – each account for between 5% and 7%
of the market.
The largest end markets for thermal management
products in 2011 were the computer industry (50.8% of total revenues),
telecommunications (16.8%), and medical/office equipment (11.5%).
Computers are projected to increase their market share to 57.1% by 2017,
while telecommunications applications’ share drops to 13.6%.
Medical/office equipment’s share should remain steady at around 11.5%.
The
North American market should maintain its number one position
throughout the period under review, with a market share of about 37%,
followed by Asia-Pacific with around 25%. The Asia-Pacific countries
(except Japan) are not only the second-largest market in absolute terms,
but they also have the highest projected growth rate (i.e., a CAGR of
9% between 2012 and 2017).
The overall goal of this report is to
provide an analysis of the most recent developments and current trends
in the global thermal management marketplace.
Specific objectives include:
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Identifying thermal management technologies and products with the
greatest commercial potential in the near to mid-term (2012–2017)
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Analyzing the key drivers and constraints that will shape the market
for thermal management technologies and products over the next five
years
- Estimating the current and future demand for thermal management technologies and products
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Ascertaining the companies that are best positioned to meet this
demand because of proprietary technologies, strategic alliances, or
other advantages.
This report will be valuable to many industry participants, including the following:
- Thermal management product manufacturers
- Thermal management specialists
- End users and distributors
- Financial institutions
- Academic and research institutions.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: The Market for Thermal Management Technologies .
Electronics.ca Publications is a world-class research network and publishing company whose focus is technology and market research for the electronics industry.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Friday, July 27, 2012
Semiconductor Devices Dedicated to Power Electronics Industry to Reach $20 Billion in Market Size
MONTREAL, July 25, 2012 /ATR-Newswire/ ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the
electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces
the availability of a new report entitled "Status of the Power
Electronics Industry".
In 2012, all semiconductor devices (discrete, modules and ICs) dedicated to the power electronics industry will reach $20 billion in market size. With applications as diversified as hybrid cars, PV inverters, lighting, energy, and voltage range as wide as a few volts to a few thousands volts, power electronics is and will remain one of the most attractive branches of the semiconductor industry for the next decade.
This report provides a complete breakdown of market forecasts and player shares depending on the application, the voltage range and the geography for power discrete and modules, as well as wafers used for power semiconductor device manufacturing.
The power electronics industry now deals with conversion and motion and needs lighter/smaller, cheaper and more efficient systems. This evolution starts with improvements at the semiconductor level and there are four technologies which are the best candidates to handle new system requirements: silicon IGBT, Super Junction (SJ) MOSFETs, Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) based devices.
Already well established onto the market, IGBTs account for $1.6 billion in the medium to high voltage market. In this report, analysts describe a trend to decrease voltage range in order to target consumer applications such as TVs, computer adapters and cameras in order to access more segments. At the same time, SJ MOSFETs present on those applications present faster switching frequencies and competitive cost. We estimate the SJ MOSFET market to reach $567 million by the end of the year.
GaN and SiC also look promising to overpass silicon performance and enhance inverter capabilities. However, materials are still expensive and the technology is not ready yet. On the other hand, both of these materials can benefit from their developed status in the LED industry and we have seen plenty of LED players paying attention to the opportunity that power electronics represent.
Each technology faces strong developments
In this report, the needs to use those four main technologies are clearly identified. Nevertheless, all of them still have issues in bringing ideal solutions for every application at every power/voltage range. There are two consequences:
While SJ MOSFETs see new players and Foundry service suppliers, the IGBT dies’ industry is getting consolidated by the presence of large players involved in many applications, such as Infineon, Mitsubishi Electric and Fuji. However, IGBT (and SJ MOSFET) modules business is increasing and we see new players entering to provide solutions for cooling, interconnections, substrates, packaging, and gel.
On the other hand, the SiC industry, which has been led by CREE, is now an interesting playground for newplayers. With access to lower cost material, the SiC industry now has the possibility to ramp up and get organized. However, apart from the PFC business, technological capabilities of SiC show that it will surely be dedicated to high power/voltage applications. Last but not least, SiC companies have appeared in China, which will definitely provide competition and tougher access to local markets.
At this point in time, the GaN industry is mostly a US business. International Rectifier, EPC, Transphorm, Microsemi or GaN Systems now propose fully off-the-shelf or customized products. However, some pioneers like MicroGaN, NEC or Powdec, are showing there is a trend to globalize the GaN manufacturing industry. At the same time, the market is still soft and LED players are considering using their technological platform to enter this power electronics market, which will be very much low power/voltage oriented.
In this report, analysts describe how each industry is doing, how they interact between each other and how they will evolve in the future, and what type of market we will see. In addition, supply chain questions and how business will be segmented are answered. The power electronics industry has great growth potential, mostly driven by energy (production, distribution, consumption) which is open and accessible, even for small players.
Technological & cost requirements imposed to power semiconductors are driven by the inverter industry
Because power semiconductors are “just a piece” of the power electronics industry, the power semiconductor industry has to answer requirements from a bigger system: the inverter. For example, some expensive solutions are still not implemented even if device and module performance are much higher than current output.
Researchers provide their analysis of the inverter market and players, as well as the industry evolution in order to illustrate the role of power semiconductors and analyze which drivers will be key for which applications. In addition, this report underlines the expected technical developments of an inverter – depending on the applications – and how power semiconductors will among contribute to these improvements. Indeed, power devices ameliorations will be useful only if they fit with passive and connective devices, defined by inverter needs.
Geographical positioning is also critical in the power electronics area, especially with the boom in China and other emerging countries, but also because several applications (PV, wind, electric vehicles) are supported by local governments.
Yole provides a geographical and supply chain analysis for the power electronics industry, from semiconductors and passive devices to inverter levels.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Status of the Power Electronics Industry
In 2012, all semiconductor devices (discrete, modules and ICs) dedicated to the power electronics industry will reach $20 billion in market size. With applications as diversified as hybrid cars, PV inverters, lighting, energy, and voltage range as wide as a few volts to a few thousands volts, power electronics is and will remain one of the most attractive branches of the semiconductor industry for the next decade.
This report provides a complete breakdown of market forecasts and player shares depending on the application, the voltage range and the geography for power discrete and modules, as well as wafers used for power semiconductor device manufacturing.
The power electronics industry now deals with conversion and motion and needs lighter/smaller, cheaper and more efficient systems. This evolution starts with improvements at the semiconductor level and there are four technologies which are the best candidates to handle new system requirements: silicon IGBT, Super Junction (SJ) MOSFETs, Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) based devices.
Already well established onto the market, IGBTs account for $1.6 billion in the medium to high voltage market. In this report, analysts describe a trend to decrease voltage range in order to target consumer applications such as TVs, computer adapters and cameras in order to access more segments. At the same time, SJ MOSFETs present on those applications present faster switching frequencies and competitive cost. We estimate the SJ MOSFET market to reach $567 million by the end of the year.
GaN and SiC also look promising to overpass silicon performance and enhance inverter capabilities. However, materials are still expensive and the technology is not ready yet. On the other hand, both of these materials can benefit from their developed status in the LED industry and we have seen plenty of LED players paying attention to the opportunity that power electronics represent.
Each technology faces strong developments
In this report, the needs to use those four main technologies are clearly identified. Nevertheless, all of them still have issues in bringing ideal solutions for every application at every power/voltage range. There are two consequences:
- GaN and SiC are not mature yet for the power electronics market: the first one requiring technological enhancement of the manufacturing process, especially for the Epitaxy thickness and the second one being an expensive material that does not allow implementation within consumer-like businesses.
- A segmentation between technology and the power/voltage range will take place, therefore some segments will only accept one "best" technology.
While SJ MOSFETs see new players and Foundry service suppliers, the IGBT dies’ industry is getting consolidated by the presence of large players involved in many applications, such as Infineon, Mitsubishi Electric and Fuji. However, IGBT (and SJ MOSFET) modules business is increasing and we see new players entering to provide solutions for cooling, interconnections, substrates, packaging, and gel.
On the other hand, the SiC industry, which has been led by CREE, is now an interesting playground for newplayers. With access to lower cost material, the SiC industry now has the possibility to ramp up and get organized. However, apart from the PFC business, technological capabilities of SiC show that it will surely be dedicated to high power/voltage applications. Last but not least, SiC companies have appeared in China, which will definitely provide competition and tougher access to local markets.
At this point in time, the GaN industry is mostly a US business. International Rectifier, EPC, Transphorm, Microsemi or GaN Systems now propose fully off-the-shelf or customized products. However, some pioneers like MicroGaN, NEC or Powdec, are showing there is a trend to globalize the GaN manufacturing industry. At the same time, the market is still soft and LED players are considering using their technological platform to enter this power electronics market, which will be very much low power/voltage oriented.
In this report, analysts describe how each industry is doing, how they interact between each other and how they will evolve in the future, and what type of market we will see. In addition, supply chain questions and how business will be segmented are answered. The power electronics industry has great growth potential, mostly driven by energy (production, distribution, consumption) which is open and accessible, even for small players.
Technological & cost requirements imposed to power semiconductors are driven by the inverter industry
Because power semiconductors are “just a piece” of the power electronics industry, the power semiconductor industry has to answer requirements from a bigger system: the inverter. For example, some expensive solutions are still not implemented even if device and module performance are much higher than current output.
Researchers provide their analysis of the inverter market and players, as well as the industry evolution in order to illustrate the role of power semiconductors and analyze which drivers will be key for which applications. In addition, this report underlines the expected technical developments of an inverter – depending on the applications – and how power semiconductors will among contribute to these improvements. Indeed, power devices ameliorations will be useful only if they fit with passive and connective devices, defined by inverter needs.
Geographical positioning is also critical in the power electronics area, especially with the boom in China and other emerging countries, but also because several applications (PV, wind, electric vehicles) are supported by local governments.
Yole provides a geographical and supply chain analysis for the power electronics industry, from semiconductors and passive devices to inverter levels.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Status of the Power Electronics Industry
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Thin Film PV CIS/CIGS Market Poised for Massive Growth
ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the
electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces
the availability of a new report entitled "Thin Film Photovoltaics
CIS/CIGS Technology and Market".
The report provides a detailed analysis of different CIS/CIGS technology approaches and of the CIS position amongst all PV technologies. This report analyses numerous technologies regarding the technology and its manufacturing issues in close connection to the possible applications of resulting products. This helps to understand the real market potential of the final product.
Global Photovoltaic Inverter Market 2011-2015
Analysts forecast that this segment will grow at a CAGR of 8 percent over the period 2011-2015. A key factor for this growth is the integration of energy storage devices into PV inverters. The Global PV Inverter market has also been witnessing increasing number of new entrants. However, the decline of PV inverter prices could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
This report has been prepared based on an in-depth analysis of the market with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global PV Inverter market 2011-2015 landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
STILL UNLOCKED POTENTIAL FOR CIS TECHNOLOGY
Photovoltaic (PV) modules became a commodity market and numerous PV products based on various PV technologies are commercially available. Although crystalline silicon PV maintains its leading position, CIS (sometimes designed also as CIGS) thin film PV, based on copper-indium-gallium-selenium(sulfur), reveals increased interest due to its unlocked potential for high efficiency and low manufacturing costs. However, much effort is necessary to overcome some barriers related to the complexity of this technology and its manufacturing. This report provides a detailed analysis of different CIS technology approaches and of the CIS position amongst all PV technologies.
KEY FEATURES OF THE REPORT
REPORT OUTLINE
WHO SHOULD BUY THIS REPORT?
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Thin Film Photovoltaics CIS/CIGS Technology and Market
The report provides a detailed analysis of different CIS/CIGS technology approaches and of the CIS position amongst all PV technologies. This report analyses numerous technologies regarding the technology and its manufacturing issues in close connection to the possible applications of resulting products. This helps to understand the real market potential of the final product.
Global Photovoltaic Inverter Market 2011-2015
Analysts forecast that this segment will grow at a CAGR of 8 percent over the period 2011-2015. A key factor for this growth is the integration of energy storage devices into PV inverters. The Global PV Inverter market has also been witnessing increasing number of new entrants. However, the decline of PV inverter prices could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
This report has been prepared based on an in-depth analysis of the market with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global PV Inverter market 2011-2015 landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
STILL UNLOCKED POTENTIAL FOR CIS TECHNOLOGY
Photovoltaic (PV) modules became a commodity market and numerous PV products based on various PV technologies are commercially available. Although crystalline silicon PV maintains its leading position, CIS (sometimes designed also as CIGS) thin film PV, based on copper-indium-gallium-selenium(sulfur), reveals increased interest due to its unlocked potential for high efficiency and low manufacturing costs. However, much effort is necessary to overcome some barriers related to the complexity of this technology and its manufacturing. This report provides a detailed analysis of different CIS technology approaches and of the CIS position amongst all PV technologies.
KEY FEATURES OF THE REPORT
- Overview of the currently ongoing PV market and technology consolidation allowing better understanding of the customer needs and proper evaluation of the strategies to be chosen by equipment suppliers and module manufacturers to face the tough competition in the PV market.
- Detailed overview of the different processes, equipment and materials used in the CIS module manufacturing with focus on manufacturing techniques for CIS absorber layer Deposition (coevaporation, Sputtering, electrodeposition, nanoparticle ink printing).
- Deep analysis of different CIS technologies and market approaches considering both manufacturing technologies and possible applications of CIS modules.
- Market metrics 2011-2017 for CIS technology (in MWp and M$).
- Company profiles of 23 CIS manufacturers, analysis and comparison of technology and business development of different PV manufacturers.
REPORT OUTLINE
- Overview of the currently ongoing PV market and technology consolidation allowing better understanding of the customer needs and proper evaluation of the strategies to be chosen by equipment suppliers and module manufacturers to face the tough competition in the PV market.
- Detailed overview of the different processes, equipment and materials used in the CIS module manufacturing with focus on manufacturing techniques for CIS absorber layer deposition (coevaporation, sputtering, electrodeposition nanoparticle ink printing).
- Deep analysis of different CIS technologies and market approaches considering both manufacturing technologies and possible applications of CIS modules.
- Market metrics 2011-2017 for CIS technology (in MWp and M$).
- Company profiles of 23 CIS manufacturers, analysis and comparison of technology and business development of different PV manufacturers.
WHO SHOULD BUY THIS REPORT?
- Equipment, Material and Component Suppliers
- Learn about CIS technology and its market potential.
- Identify the best CIS manufacturers to optimize your marketing efforts.
- Evaluate the market potential for your products.
- Strength your market position by focusing on the winning technology approaches.
- Re-think your technology and market strategy to best fit the market needs.
- PV module manufacturers
- Understand the real potential of CIS technology.
- Learn about the best technology approaches and how to deal with challenges of CIS technology.
- Investors and newcomers in CIS manufacturing
- Understand the real potential of CIS technology.
- Secure your investment by focusing on the winning technology approaches.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Thin Film Photovoltaics CIS/CIGS Technology and Market
Friday, May 18, 2012
Devices Help Bring Profits To The Semiconductor Industry In 2012
MONTREAL, May 18, 2012 /ATR-Newswire/ ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the
electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces
the availability of a new report entitled "Semiconductor Market Tracker.
Quarterly Report".
After a decent first quarter, the big players of the semiconductor industry are expecting smoother sailing throughout the next few quarters. Especially now that supply chain setbacks resulting from the flooding in the third quarter of last year have fully recovered and consumer demand is improving.
Specifically, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced in early May 2012 that global sales of semiconductors in Q1 2012 had reached nearly $70 billion. Although this was a slight decrease of about 8 percent from last year's first quarter sales and a slight sequential decline from Q4 2011, the upwards trends are encouraging, especially in Europe and Japan, which had seen very poor results over the last few quarters of 2011.
As all regional markets continue to recover, it is expected that there will be moderate seasonal growth during the second quarter which will continue to build momentum as the year continues on.
The industry's recent good fortunes can be especially attributed to the unrelenting popularity of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets, such as Apple's market leading iPhone and iPad devices. Apple's successes in these markets continued to mount when it announced in late April that its profits had jumped 93 percent in the first quarter from the same period one year ago, as stronger than expected iPhone sales and new revenue from China helped drive the firm to record profits.
The firm's success has also extended to its Chip suppliers as well. For example, the price of shares of Cirrus Logic, a supplier of audio processors for Apple, jumped significantly upon news of Apple's first quarter success. Meanwhile, OmniVision a supplier of semiconductor image-sensor devices to Apple also saw a boost in its share prices in the first quarter after Apple's announcement.
While nearly all categories of chips have benefitted from the booming smartphone market, the greatest growth has come in higher end chips such as application processors, radio frequency (RF), power management, and wireless connectivity chips. Application processors, which help power the heart of the latest smartphone devices, have particularly flourished and no one firm has benefitted from this more than San Diego-based Qualcomm.
Qualcomm, which announced in April 2012 that its first quarter company revenues had reached $4.94 billion, or up 28 percent year-over-year, has reaped the benefits from the global move to more advanced mobile devices, as well as increased adoption in emerging markets. The company is also pegging that future growth will come from last year's purchase of Atheros for $3.1 billion. Atheros, which designs wireless connectivity chips, will play a larger role in Qualcomm's near term strategy of connecting smartphones to other devices in the home, including HDTVs and set-top-boxes.
However, Intel, the world's largest chip supplier, is a new player in the mobile space with its Atom mobile processor, and although it is still a minor player in terms of sales thus far, it could end up being the greatest challenger to Qualcomm's throne yet. The firm believes that the latest version of its Atom processor will help it gain a major foothold in this industry. The CPU, code-named "Ivy Bridge", was released earlier this year and sports an industry leading 22 Nanometer (nm), tri-gate design that took Intel nearly a decade to develop.
In fact, as a leading edge firm with its own fabrication plants, Intel believes that it has a leg up on many of the "Fabless" firms that license the ARM architecture. Intel recently went on record saying that despite its minor share in the mobile market, it will have a major advantage the industry ramps up over the next few years and transitions from current generation 300mm Wafer technology to 200mm level technology.
Intel will first make its move in the smartphone markets of emerging regions, such as China and India. For example, the latest smartphone release for Intel was the India-based Lava International's new XOLO X900 which debuted in India in late April and runs Intel's low-power Atom Z2460 Medfield processor. But even with all of this said, Intel still has its work cut out for it, as this increasingly competitive market is populated by some of the world's largest and most successful semiconductor firms, including the likes of Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung, Nvidia, and an even increasing number of ARM licensees, which will even grow to include software giant Microsoft sometime in the third quarter of 2012.
Additionally, there will be greater industry consolidation this year, which began last year with several high profile mergers and acquisitions including Qualcomm / Atheros, Texas Instruments / National Semiconductor, Broadcom / NetLogic, and CSR / Zoran. This will mean that competition among chip suppliers should heat up even further as the year goes on and as the booming smartphone and mobile computing markets help keep the semiconductor industry highly profitable.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Semiconductor Market Tracker. Quarterly Report
After a decent first quarter, the big players of the semiconductor industry are expecting smoother sailing throughout the next few quarters. Especially now that supply chain setbacks resulting from the flooding in the third quarter of last year have fully recovered and consumer demand is improving.
Specifically, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced in early May 2012 that global sales of semiconductors in Q1 2012 had reached nearly $70 billion. Although this was a slight decrease of about 8 percent from last year's first quarter sales and a slight sequential decline from Q4 2011, the upwards trends are encouraging, especially in Europe and Japan, which had seen very poor results over the last few quarters of 2011.
As all regional markets continue to recover, it is expected that there will be moderate seasonal growth during the second quarter which will continue to build momentum as the year continues on.
The industry's recent good fortunes can be especially attributed to the unrelenting popularity of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets, such as Apple's market leading iPhone and iPad devices. Apple's successes in these markets continued to mount when it announced in late April that its profits had jumped 93 percent in the first quarter from the same period one year ago, as stronger than expected iPhone sales and new revenue from China helped drive the firm to record profits.
The firm's success has also extended to its Chip suppliers as well. For example, the price of shares of Cirrus Logic, a supplier of audio processors for Apple, jumped significantly upon news of Apple's first quarter success. Meanwhile, OmniVision a supplier of semiconductor image-sensor devices to Apple also saw a boost in its share prices in the first quarter after Apple's announcement.
While nearly all categories of chips have benefitted from the booming smartphone market, the greatest growth has come in higher end chips such as application processors, radio frequency (RF), power management, and wireless connectivity chips. Application processors, which help power the heart of the latest smartphone devices, have particularly flourished and no one firm has benefitted from this more than San Diego-based Qualcomm.
Qualcomm, which announced in April 2012 that its first quarter company revenues had reached $4.94 billion, or up 28 percent year-over-year, has reaped the benefits from the global move to more advanced mobile devices, as well as increased adoption in emerging markets. The company is also pegging that future growth will come from last year's purchase of Atheros for $3.1 billion. Atheros, which designs wireless connectivity chips, will play a larger role in Qualcomm's near term strategy of connecting smartphones to other devices in the home, including HDTVs and set-top-boxes.
However, Intel, the world's largest chip supplier, is a new player in the mobile space with its Atom mobile processor, and although it is still a minor player in terms of sales thus far, it could end up being the greatest challenger to Qualcomm's throne yet. The firm believes that the latest version of its Atom processor will help it gain a major foothold in this industry. The CPU, code-named "Ivy Bridge", was released earlier this year and sports an industry leading 22 Nanometer (nm), tri-gate design that took Intel nearly a decade to develop.
In fact, as a leading edge firm with its own fabrication plants, Intel believes that it has a leg up on many of the "Fabless" firms that license the ARM architecture. Intel recently went on record saying that despite its minor share in the mobile market, it will have a major advantage the industry ramps up over the next few years and transitions from current generation 300mm Wafer technology to 200mm level technology.
Intel will first make its move in the smartphone markets of emerging regions, such as China and India. For example, the latest smartphone release for Intel was the India-based Lava International's new XOLO X900 which debuted in India in late April and runs Intel's low-power Atom Z2460 Medfield processor. But even with all of this said, Intel still has its work cut out for it, as this increasingly competitive market is populated by some of the world's largest and most successful semiconductor firms, including the likes of Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung, Nvidia, and an even increasing number of ARM licensees, which will even grow to include software giant Microsoft sometime in the third quarter of 2012.
Additionally, there will be greater industry consolidation this year, which began last year with several high profile mergers and acquisitions including Qualcomm / Atheros, Texas Instruments / National Semiconductor, Broadcom / NetLogic, and CSR / Zoran. This will mean that competition among chip suppliers should heat up even further as the year goes on and as the booming smartphone and mobile computing markets help keep the semiconductor industry highly profitable.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Semiconductor Market Tracker. Quarterly Report
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Global Radio Frequency Identification, RFID Technology Market to Reach US$18.7 Billion by 2017
ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research
and knowledge network, announces the release of a comprehensive global
report on the World market for Radio Frequency Identification
Technology, RFID
that is projected to reach US$18.7 billion by the year 2017. Growth
will be primarily driven by fast paced deployments of RFID projects in
developing Asian countries, especially in China. Developments in the
field of smart labels are projected to hold the key to future revenue
growth.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology holds immense potential for businesses engaged in production, transportation, and retailing of products. Superior production efficiency, inventory updates in real-time, shipping and importing economies, greater product security and curbing of counterfeit products are among the numerous advantages of using RFID. It is due to these and other benefits such as declining Tag prices, greater end-user responsiveness and technological advancements that RFID is gaining widespread acceptance among various businesses for a wide range of applications. On the investment front, more than 40% of shippers have increased their investment in RFID technology for supply chain applications.
Over the last few years, the cost of the cheapest of RFID tags fell to just US$0.05, which is likely to further go down in the near future. The dwindling prices will help boost widespread adoption of item level tagging. The steep decline in cost of RFID tags is palpable by its mass production for widespread usage in tracking pets, and livestock, minute components in car assembly plants, and luggage at transit points. Consumer goods manufacturers have of late shown interest in adopting smart tags and the sheer size of the retail industry promises order inflows by the billions. Soon, these smart tags would replace bar codes in consumer goods packaging. In addition, government programs to replace plastic ID cards and paper passport with smartcards and electronic passports, which use contactless Chip technologies, spur adoption of RFID technologies.
While growth in the RFID market will continue to be driven mainly by security and access control applications such as e-identification, and other government sponsored security projects such as passport security, and border crossing cards, growing penetration of RFID technology into other application areas in manufacturing, transport, animal tracking, aviation and commercial segments such as retail and textile is expected to secure the future of the RFID market. Tagging of animals is expected to grow strongly, as laws and regulations governing livestock, wildlife, aquaculture and pet care become more stringent. RFID devices will also make rapid strides into food safety industry in the short to medium term period. Epidemic outbreaks such as bird flu, and concerns over animal health, and food safety, which makes traceability and origin of animal meat a critical necessity, will boost market prospects for RFID in the food safety sector. With consumer awareness on food safety on the rise, RFID devices, which can provide traceability of food product over the entire food supply chain is expected to witness considerable growth in demand in food safety applications.
Use of RFID technology for product-tracking and inventory management especially has gained momentum over the last few years. This is because RFID tags and readers help retail managers in improving stock visibility, monitoring shipment in transit, managing product movement, tracking goods on-shelf and in warehouse, and tracing other valuable and often utilized items, thus driving better on-shelf inventory replenishment, reduction of wastage, improved productivity, and efficient logistics. Retail chains and malls are increasingly adopting the concept of ‘smart shelves’, which enables consumers read related product information and other pricing data via RFID readers integrated in phones and other portable equipment. Although still in early stages of adoption in the pharmaceutical industry, RFID technology is slowly gaining in prominence in this sector. Regulatory demands such as implementation of e-Pedigree in supply chain, as mandated by California Board of Pharmacy will also generate substantial demand for RFID in the pharmaceutical sector. As pharmaceutical companies realize the pivotal role played by RFID technology in eliminating fake drugs in supply chain, demand for RFID hardware, software and services is expected increase. Aviation sector is another prominent area, where RFID is expected to gain momentum, especially for in-flight services, baggage handling, and cargo tracking.
Although developed markets such as US and Europe continue to remain the largest revenue generators for RFID, future growth in the market will be primarily driven by fast increasing RFID deployments in major countries such as India, China, Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea. Growth in these markets is largely attributed to the support extended by regional governments in promoting the adoption of RFID technology across various application areas such as transportation and national IDs. Increasing acceptance by private participants and falling prices of RFID hardware and software, will also increase market prospects further. Adoption of RFID in the region will increase further as success stories on early RFID installations emerge, and as customers begin to realize the benefits of RFID technology.
As stated by the new market research report on Radio Frequency Identification Technology, the United States represents the largest market worldwide, followed by Europe. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market with a projected CAGR of 21.7% over the analysis period. Use of RFID in Security and Access Control Applications and in Manufacturing & Logistics Applications is expected to grow at a strong double digit CAGR of 17.9% over the analysis period.
Major players in the marketplace include HID Global, Brady Corporation, Checkpoint Systems Inc, Gemalto NV, Hitachi Ltd., Intermec Inc., NXP Semiconductors, Precision Dynamics Corporation, Savi Technology Inc., Sirit Inc., TagMaster AB, TagSys RFID, Texas Instruments Inc., TransCore, and Zebra Technologies Corporation, among others.
The research report titled “Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: A Global Strategic Business Report” provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. Market estimates and projections in US$ Million are presented for all major geographic markets including the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Middle East & Africa and Latin America. Product segments analyzed include RFID Tags (Active & Passive), RFID Readers (Low Frequency & High Frequency), RFID Software and RFID Services. Key end-use segments analyzed include Security and Access Control, Transportation, Manufacturing & Logistics, and Animal Tracking among others.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: A Global Strategic Business Report.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology holds immense potential for businesses engaged in production, transportation, and retailing of products. Superior production efficiency, inventory updates in real-time, shipping and importing economies, greater product security and curbing of counterfeit products are among the numerous advantages of using RFID. It is due to these and other benefits such as declining Tag prices, greater end-user responsiveness and technological advancements that RFID is gaining widespread acceptance among various businesses for a wide range of applications. On the investment front, more than 40% of shippers have increased their investment in RFID technology for supply chain applications.
Over the last few years, the cost of the cheapest of RFID tags fell to just US$0.05, which is likely to further go down in the near future. The dwindling prices will help boost widespread adoption of item level tagging. The steep decline in cost of RFID tags is palpable by its mass production for widespread usage in tracking pets, and livestock, minute components in car assembly plants, and luggage at transit points. Consumer goods manufacturers have of late shown interest in adopting smart tags and the sheer size of the retail industry promises order inflows by the billions. Soon, these smart tags would replace bar codes in consumer goods packaging. In addition, government programs to replace plastic ID cards and paper passport with smartcards and electronic passports, which use contactless Chip technologies, spur adoption of RFID technologies.
While growth in the RFID market will continue to be driven mainly by security and access control applications such as e-identification, and other government sponsored security projects such as passport security, and border crossing cards, growing penetration of RFID technology into other application areas in manufacturing, transport, animal tracking, aviation and commercial segments such as retail and textile is expected to secure the future of the RFID market. Tagging of animals is expected to grow strongly, as laws and regulations governing livestock, wildlife, aquaculture and pet care become more stringent. RFID devices will also make rapid strides into food safety industry in the short to medium term period. Epidemic outbreaks such as bird flu, and concerns over animal health, and food safety, which makes traceability and origin of animal meat a critical necessity, will boost market prospects for RFID in the food safety sector. With consumer awareness on food safety on the rise, RFID devices, which can provide traceability of food product over the entire food supply chain is expected to witness considerable growth in demand in food safety applications.
Use of RFID technology for product-tracking and inventory management especially has gained momentum over the last few years. This is because RFID tags and readers help retail managers in improving stock visibility, monitoring shipment in transit, managing product movement, tracking goods on-shelf and in warehouse, and tracing other valuable and often utilized items, thus driving better on-shelf inventory replenishment, reduction of wastage, improved productivity, and efficient logistics. Retail chains and malls are increasingly adopting the concept of ‘smart shelves’, which enables consumers read related product information and other pricing data via RFID readers integrated in phones and other portable equipment. Although still in early stages of adoption in the pharmaceutical industry, RFID technology is slowly gaining in prominence in this sector. Regulatory demands such as implementation of e-Pedigree in supply chain, as mandated by California Board of Pharmacy will also generate substantial demand for RFID in the pharmaceutical sector. As pharmaceutical companies realize the pivotal role played by RFID technology in eliminating fake drugs in supply chain, demand for RFID hardware, software and services is expected increase. Aviation sector is another prominent area, where RFID is expected to gain momentum, especially for in-flight services, baggage handling, and cargo tracking.
Although developed markets such as US and Europe continue to remain the largest revenue generators for RFID, future growth in the market will be primarily driven by fast increasing RFID deployments in major countries such as India, China, Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea. Growth in these markets is largely attributed to the support extended by regional governments in promoting the adoption of RFID technology across various application areas such as transportation and national IDs. Increasing acceptance by private participants and falling prices of RFID hardware and software, will also increase market prospects further. Adoption of RFID in the region will increase further as success stories on early RFID installations emerge, and as customers begin to realize the benefits of RFID technology.
As stated by the new market research report on Radio Frequency Identification Technology, the United States represents the largest market worldwide, followed by Europe. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market with a projected CAGR of 21.7% over the analysis period. Use of RFID in Security and Access Control Applications and in Manufacturing & Logistics Applications is expected to grow at a strong double digit CAGR of 17.9% over the analysis period.
Major players in the marketplace include HID Global, Brady Corporation, Checkpoint Systems Inc, Gemalto NV, Hitachi Ltd., Intermec Inc., NXP Semiconductors, Precision Dynamics Corporation, Savi Technology Inc., Sirit Inc., TagMaster AB, TagSys RFID, Texas Instruments Inc., TransCore, and Zebra Technologies Corporation, among others.
The research report titled “Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: A Global Strategic Business Report” provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. Market estimates and projections in US$ Million are presented for all major geographic markets including the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Middle East & Africa and Latin America. Product segments analyzed include RFID Tags (Active & Passive), RFID Readers (Low Frequency & High Frequency), RFID Software and RFID Services. Key end-use segments analyzed include Security and Access Control, Transportation, Manufacturing & Logistics, and Animal Tracking among others.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: A Global Strategic Business Report.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Optoelectronics Market Sales and Demand Expected to Grow Strongly Through 2017
MONTREAL, April 27, 2012 / ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS,
the electronics industry market research and knowledge network,
announces the availability of a new report entitled "Optoelectronics
Market Tracker. Quarterly Report".
The diverse optoelectronics segment includes both integrated and discrete products that use optical and electronic means to, source, detect, or otherwise control light. The need for increased integration of image sensors and LEDs is occurring in very high volume application designs and the opportunity for growth will continue to surpass many digital IC product markets.
The emerging areas that are driving new growth channels include applications like LCD televisions, lighting fixtures, and OLED displays in the short term. Meanwhile, developments in optoelectronic technology over the medium to long term will be driven by advancements in medical applications, and in “green” photonic applications.
For its latest optoelectronics product release, Sharp continued its transition away from CCFL-based LCD products into all-LED Backlight technology with a 10.1 inch WXGA LED-backlit LCD, specifically designed for use in tablet PC applications.
Panasonic brought to market a 1.3 megapixel MOS type image sensor for use in applications related to security cameras or networked cameras. Sony announced that it had developed a next generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor.
Recent LTE Implementation for Europe
LTE smartphone availability in Europe is going slower than it was in the U.S. as European operators are not “as aggressive” as in the U.S. Two operators in Germany, Vodafone and Deutsche Telecom, have rolled out a few LTE smartphones. They started with LTE-enabled network in rural areas, moving to enabling cities later, a pre-condition upon getting required spectrum licenses.
In March 2012, Vodafone has launched the HTC Velocity 4G phone, the first LTE smartphone on the German market. Following this, there are a number of further launches of smartphones and tablets, including one by Asus. Sweden has also started selling the Samsung Galaxy LTE smartphone, with LTE services being made available in most northern European countries.
Market Trends
The consumer and communications application segments continue to account for the majority of optoelectronics revenue, coming from increased demand and high product volumes, which have resulted in new product innovations.
Led by LEDs, sales and unit shipments of optoelectronics are expected grow strongly for this year and for the duration of the forecast period through 2017. Demand for LEDs and OLEDs is growing due to new products ranging from television displays to general lighting applications. LEDs, including Organic LEDs or OLEDs, high brightness white LEDs, and others, will remain the largest and fastest growing individual product within the optoelectronics market
Another major product in the optoelectronics market is image sensors. Demand for image sensors primarily depends upon the health of its major application segments such as mobile communications, computers, and consumer electronics markets. Growth in the short term will result from increased demand for camera-enabled phones and consumer electronics such as camcorders and PC-based cameras. In terms of application consumption, the communications market, which is mainly composed of mobile phones and wireless infrastructure, accounts for the majority of optoelectronics revenue.
The automotive market will likely remain one of the smallest application areas for optoelectronics, but products are increasingly being used in lighting, cruise control, instrumentation, and infotainment systems. Industrial will remain the third largest market, due to the inclusion of the general and factory lighting segments which are major growth applications for high brightness white LEDs, and because of the significant growth seen in medical and in some mil/aero applications.
Current Trends
• China's Huawei and ZTE growing market share in smartphones
• Recent LTE implementation for Europe
• Positive U.S. auto sales update
• Apple's prediction for the future of tablets
• Sony's 3D and OLED television strategies
• Mobile phone trends from Mobile World Congress
• Nokia introduces 41-Megapixel smartphone camera
• Samsung reveals ambitious medical strategy
• Stacked CMOS image sensor design for back illumination
• LED efficiency now exceeds 100 percent
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Optoelectronics Market Tracker. Quarterly Report
The diverse optoelectronics segment includes both integrated and discrete products that use optical and electronic means to, source, detect, or otherwise control light. The need for increased integration of image sensors and LEDs is occurring in very high volume application designs and the opportunity for growth will continue to surpass many digital IC product markets.
The emerging areas that are driving new growth channels include applications like LCD televisions, lighting fixtures, and OLED displays in the short term. Meanwhile, developments in optoelectronic technology over the medium to long term will be driven by advancements in medical applications, and in “green” photonic applications.
For its latest optoelectronics product release, Sharp continued its transition away from CCFL-based LCD products into all-LED Backlight technology with a 10.1 inch WXGA LED-backlit LCD, specifically designed for use in tablet PC applications.
Panasonic brought to market a 1.3 megapixel MOS type image sensor for use in applications related to security cameras or networked cameras. Sony announced that it had developed a next generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor.
Recent LTE Implementation for Europe
LTE smartphone availability in Europe is going slower than it was in the U.S. as European operators are not “as aggressive” as in the U.S. Two operators in Germany, Vodafone and Deutsche Telecom, have rolled out a few LTE smartphones. They started with LTE-enabled network in rural areas, moving to enabling cities later, a pre-condition upon getting required spectrum licenses.
In March 2012, Vodafone has launched the HTC Velocity 4G phone, the first LTE smartphone on the German market. Following this, there are a number of further launches of smartphones and tablets, including one by Asus. Sweden has also started selling the Samsung Galaxy LTE smartphone, with LTE services being made available in most northern European countries.
Market Trends
The consumer and communications application segments continue to account for the majority of optoelectronics revenue, coming from increased demand and high product volumes, which have resulted in new product innovations.
Led by LEDs, sales and unit shipments of optoelectronics are expected grow strongly for this year and for the duration of the forecast period through 2017. Demand for LEDs and OLEDs is growing due to new products ranging from television displays to general lighting applications. LEDs, including Organic LEDs or OLEDs, high brightness white LEDs, and others, will remain the largest and fastest growing individual product within the optoelectronics market
Another major product in the optoelectronics market is image sensors. Demand for image sensors primarily depends upon the health of its major application segments such as mobile communications, computers, and consumer electronics markets. Growth in the short term will result from increased demand for camera-enabled phones and consumer electronics such as camcorders and PC-based cameras. In terms of application consumption, the communications market, which is mainly composed of mobile phones and wireless infrastructure, accounts for the majority of optoelectronics revenue.
The automotive market will likely remain one of the smallest application areas for optoelectronics, but products are increasingly being used in lighting, cruise control, instrumentation, and infotainment systems. Industrial will remain the third largest market, due to the inclusion of the general and factory lighting segments which are major growth applications for high brightness white LEDs, and because of the significant growth seen in medical and in some mil/aero applications.
Current Trends
• China's Huawei and ZTE growing market share in smartphones
• Recent LTE implementation for Europe
• Positive U.S. auto sales update
• Apple's prediction for the future of tablets
• Sony's 3D and OLED television strategies
• Mobile phone trends from Mobile World Congress
• Nokia introduces 41-Megapixel smartphone camera
• Samsung reveals ambitious medical strategy
• Stacked CMOS image sensor design for back illumination
• LED efficiency now exceeds 100 percent
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Optoelectronics Market Tracker. Quarterly Report
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Sales of Optoelectronics, Sensors, and Discretes Set Record in 2011
ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Market Analysis And Forecast For Optoelectronics, Sensors And Discretes".
Strong demand for MEMS-based sensors, Fiber-optic laser Transmitters, CMOS image sensors, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and power transistors enabled the optoelectronic, sensor/actuator, and discrete semiconductors marketplace to grow by a slightly better-than-average 8% in 2011 to a new record-high $57.4 billion despite a substantial pullback in most product categories at the end of the year. The new annual report forecasts a 7% increase in total O-S-D sales in 2012 to $61.6 billion, with nearly all of the product categories in the three market segments expected to achieve modest growth this year.
The new 348-page O-S-D Report shows the strongest 2012 growth rates occurring in acceleration/yaw sensors (+21%), laser transmitters (+18%), pressure sensors (+15%), magnetic-field sensors (+14%), and actuators (+11%). Solid-state lamp sales, which grew 16% in 2011 on the strength of high-brightness LEDs, are expected to rise just 10% in 2012 primarily due to price erosion from a buildup of inventories in some device categories as growth rates in LED-backlit display applications slow and suppliers wait for new room-lighting products to gain wider acceptance worldwide. The 2012 O-S-D Report expects relatively slow sales growth in high-brightness white LEDs until 2014, when expensive solid-state lights finally become cheap enough to compete with conventional lighting products in mainstream end-user markets.
Motion-activated user interfaces, embedded automatic controls, and location-aware features in cellphones and portable electronics will continue to drive up sales of sensors built with microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology. The detailed five-year forecast in the 2012 O-S-D Report also shows power transistors and related discrete semiconductors steadily climbing to record sales levels due to the spread of battery-operated electronics, renewable energy systems, hybrid and electric vehicles, and the global emphasis on reductions in electricity consumption. CMOS image sensors are also expected to see another wave of strong growth from new imaging applications and machine-vision designs, which will include automotive safety systems and intelligent surveillance networks.
The semiconductor universe consists of integrated circuits (ICs) and optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete (O-S-D) components. Although often overlooked in the past, the O-S-D market segments now command more attention due to a number of high-growth product categories that have consistently outperformed ICs and several "hot" emerging technologies that have moved into volume production. Among these technologies are microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for sensors and actuators and high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB-LEDs) for solid-state lighting applications.
The report covers all the product categories of the optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes markets, which together accounted for nearly 18% of total semiconductor sales in 2011 compared to about 14% in 2000.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Market Analysis And Forecast For Optoelectronics, Sensors And Discretes
Strong demand for MEMS-based sensors, Fiber-optic laser Transmitters, CMOS image sensors, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and power transistors enabled the optoelectronic, sensor/actuator, and discrete semiconductors marketplace to grow by a slightly better-than-average 8% in 2011 to a new record-high $57.4 billion despite a substantial pullback in most product categories at the end of the year. The new annual report forecasts a 7% increase in total O-S-D sales in 2012 to $61.6 billion, with nearly all of the product categories in the three market segments expected to achieve modest growth this year.
The new 348-page O-S-D Report shows the strongest 2012 growth rates occurring in acceleration/yaw sensors (+21%), laser transmitters (+18%), pressure sensors (+15%), magnetic-field sensors (+14%), and actuators (+11%). Solid-state lamp sales, which grew 16% in 2011 on the strength of high-brightness LEDs, are expected to rise just 10% in 2012 primarily due to price erosion from a buildup of inventories in some device categories as growth rates in LED-backlit display applications slow and suppliers wait for new room-lighting products to gain wider acceptance worldwide. The 2012 O-S-D Report expects relatively slow sales growth in high-brightness white LEDs until 2014, when expensive solid-state lights finally become cheap enough to compete with conventional lighting products in mainstream end-user markets.
Motion-activated user interfaces, embedded automatic controls, and location-aware features in cellphones and portable electronics will continue to drive up sales of sensors built with microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology. The detailed five-year forecast in the 2012 O-S-D Report also shows power transistors and related discrete semiconductors steadily climbing to record sales levels due to the spread of battery-operated electronics, renewable energy systems, hybrid and electric vehicles, and the global emphasis on reductions in electricity consumption. CMOS image sensors are also expected to see another wave of strong growth from new imaging applications and machine-vision designs, which will include automotive safety systems and intelligent surveillance networks.
The semiconductor universe consists of integrated circuits (ICs) and optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete (O-S-D) components. Although often overlooked in the past, the O-S-D market segments now command more attention due to a number of high-growth product categories that have consistently outperformed ICs and several "hot" emerging technologies that have moved into volume production. Among these technologies are microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for sensors and actuators and high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB-LEDs) for solid-state lighting applications.
The report covers all the product categories of the optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes markets, which together accounted for nearly 18% of total semiconductor sales in 2011 compared to about 14% in 2000.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' website. View the report: Market Analysis And Forecast For Optoelectronics, Sensors And Discretes
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