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Friday, December 5, 2014

Embedded Systems Market Analysis and Forecast: Hardware, Software and Tools

Embedded systems are critical in many industries and are found in large stationary installations (traffic lights, factory controllers, MRI machine, automobiles, etc.) as well as many modern consumer electronics and appliances such as watches, cell phones, microwaves, security systems, video entertainment systems (DVD player, console, set-top box), and more. Some embedded systems include an operating system, but many are so specialized that the entire logic can be implemented as a single program.

This report evaluates the embedded systems market including market drivers, opportunities, and forecast 2014 – 2019. Analysis and forecasts cover the overall Embedded Systems market, COTS market and specific component and software segments including AMC/PMC, ATCA, Motherboard, PCI, SBC, Software, software tools, and OS including RTOS.

Target Audience:

Wireless device manufacturers

Wearable technology suppliers

Digital signal processor providers

Telephony infrastructure providers

Computer and semiconductor companies

Embedded hardware, software and OS providers

Mobile/wireless network operators and service providers

Next generation application developers and content providers

Consumer electronics merchandisers and application providers

Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications’ web site. View the report: Embedded System Hardware, Software, Tools, and OS: Global Market Analysis and Forecast 2014 – 2019.

Embedded Systems Market Analysis and Forecast: Hardware, Software and Tools

Thursday, December 4, 2014

The Market for Thin, Flexible and Printed Batteries Will Increase to Over $300M by 2024

Form factor is becoming a major driver shaping innovation and transforming the energy storage industry globally. This is fueled by the emergence of new market categories such as wearable electronic devices and Internet of Things, which demand thinness and flexibility. According to a new study, “Flexible, Printed and Thin Film Batteries 2015-2025: Technologies, Forecasts, Players“, these new market categories will help the market for thin and flexible batteries reach $300 million in 2024.

Thin, flexible or printed batteries have commercially existed for more than ten years. Traditionally, the micro-power thin and printed batteries were used in skin patches, RFID tags and smart cards. Today, however, the composition of the target market is undergoing drastic change driven by the emergence of new addressable market categories. This trend has enticed many large players to enter the foray, starting to transform a business landscape that was once populated predominantly by small firms.

The change in target markets is inevitably driving change in the technology landscape too. This means that the market in 2024 will look vastly different from that in 2014, both on the technology and market level. Technology and markets that are major contributes today will have a small role to play, while new segments and technology will grow to dominate this sector. This change is shown in the figures below.

This research report provides detailed technology assessment and benchmarking, ten-year market forecasts segmented by application and technology type, and detailed interview-based business intelligence and profiles on key players and large end users.

In this study IDTechEx research group has drawn upon at least 35 direct interviews and visits with key suppliers and large end users from a variety of sectors and years of accumulated experience and market knowledge for the end use applications such as active RFIDs, smart cards, skin patches, smart packaging and recently wearables. Our team working on this project is highly technical, enabling it to fully understand the merits and challenges of each technology in this complex landscape.

The Market for Thin, Flexible and Printed Batteries

Figure 1: Thin film, flexible or printed energy storage devices mix is drastically transforming

Source: Flexible, Printed and Thin Film Batteries 2015-2025: Technologies, Forecasts, Players

Figure 2: The market composition for thin film, flexible or printed technology storage devices is drastically transforming

Source: Flexible, Printed and Thin Film Batteries 2015-2025: Technologies, Forecasts, Players

The Market for Thin, Flexible and Printed Batteries Will Increase to Over $300M by 2024

The Global Printed Electronics Market Sector Witness Miniaturization

The miniaturization of electronic devices is an upcoming trend in the global electronics market, specifically in the category of printed electronics. The technological advancements which are the primary key drivers of miniaturization of electronic devices have led the market with their efficient developments resulting in more compact and flexible electronic devices.

In that case, printed electronics solutions are considered as the perfect solution for miniaturization in the industry. With the help of this technology, giant companies in the electronics industry can now develop multifarious devices varying in different sizes and materials. Printed devices are robust, efficient in performance – consuming low power, and moderately priced. As a result, worldwide manufacturers have been increasingly approving of printed electronics technology for their particular industrial products.

There are many companies that act as the major key players in the Global Printed Electronics industry, and they are namely NTERA Inc., T-Ink Inc., Novacentrix., and Conductive Inkjet Technology. Speaking of the major drivers in the industry, the increasing need for eco-friendly electronic products is another key driver in the domain of electronics. As printed electronic products use non-hazardous raw materials for producing different electronic devices, it becomes more suitable for the technology to get incorporated with other eco-friendly electronic products.

The Global Printed Electronics market is expected to revolutionize the industry by introducing innovative and low cost products that can be manufactured with traditional silicon-based electronics techniques. The drivers for global printed electronics market are low manufacturing cost and its applicability in variety of substrates. The global printed electronics market is expected to grow at an estimated CAGR of 38% from 2012 to 2018. In Printed electronics industry, screen printing captures maximum share owing to its wise deployment whereas most applications are available in printed photovoltaic (PV) due to the rising demand for alternative energy sources globally.

Learn more about printed electronics market and publications that provide informed perspective and relevant analysis of emergent technologies.

The Global Printed Electronics Market Sector Witness Miniaturization

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Passenger Car Sensors Market Estimated to Reach $146.5 Billion by 2019

Considering the driving efficiency, stringent emission norms, safety and comfort factors, passenger car sensors have been an integral part playing a vital role in the vehicle. These advancements include tire pressure monitoring systems, occupant detection, electronic stability control, heating and ventilation air conditioning, advanced driver assistance systems and others. The growing demand has led to the growth of this market which in turn is responsible for technological advancements in this area. Sensors are used from engine to exhaust system of the vehicle. Majorly, sensors are used in Powertrain/Drivetrain, chassis, and body control where they monitor temperature, pressure, voltages/currents, vacuum, and other such parameters.

The growth of the automobile sensor market is directly proportional to the growth of automobile industry. One of the important factors driving the market for passenger car sensors is the growth in the vehicle production where China plays a vital role in producing large number of vehicles. The global vehicle production is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.5% by 2020, thus stimulating the growth of the passenger car sensors markets. In addition to this, the Government regulations for safety and emissions have also supported the growth of this market. In order to meet the stringent norms and regulations for safety and emissions, the sensor manufacturers are striving hard and coming up with a number of technological advancements in electronic stability control and anti-lock braking systems such as deployment of crash avoidance technology. This technology along with others is expected to be a part of almost all the vehicles in matured markets of the U.S. & Europe by 2020. Owing to the customers demand for safety and comfort, the implementation of new technological concept of Advanced Driver Assist system (ADAS) has aided in boosting the safety and drivability factor by mitigating the effects of a driver’s flaws, where sensors have played an important role. This system also acts as a co-driver system providing real time advice, warnings, and instructions to the drivers in order to abide the traffic safety norms. These wide ranges of advantages offered by ADAS have created a positive impact on the sensor markets and boosted its use in the vehicles.

Passenger Car Sensors Market: Overview

The key manufacturers of passenger car sensors are identified as Allegro (U. S.), CTS (U. S.), Robert Bosch (Germany), Delphi (U. K.) among others. These companies contribute a major share in automotive sensor market. However, the demand for the products of these companies highly depends on the automotive OEMs, and the automotive technological advancements.

The report covers passenger car sensors market based on geography (Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and ROW), sensor type (pressure, temperature, NOX/O2, speed, position, and others), and application type (Powertrain/drivetrain, exhaust, interior/comfort, driver assistance system, and body control).

Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications’ web site. View the report: Passenger Car Sensors Market by Application, Sensor Type & by Geography – Trends & Forecast to 2019.

Passenger Car Sensors Market Estimated to Reach $146.5 Billion by 2019

Solid-state Flash Memory Market Report

ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS announces the availability of a new report entitled “Flash Memory: Technologies and Global Markets”. The global market for flash memory was valued at $28.4 billion in 2012 and $30.1 billion in 2013. This market is expected to grow to $43.9 billion by 2018, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8% for the five-year period, 2013 to 2018.

The storage industry has been dominated by traditional spinning disk technology based on magnetic storage. With the advances in semiconductor technology and falling prices of flash memory, the industry is fast moving toward replacing the hard disk by solid-state memory based on flash.

No moving parts, low power, less weight and so forth are some of the features that make flash memory extremely attractive for a wide range of applications. Since flash memory is based on traditional complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, all the advantages offered by semiconductor technology are transferred seamlessly to flash memory and it is easier to scale with new semiconductor technology.

This report investigates different technologies used in solid-state flash memory. It compares and contrasts flash memory with current hard-disk-based storage technology. The report examines the total available market for flash memory according to various application areas and discusses how flash memories are customized for each. A complete analysis of servers and the storage market is also included, taking into account where the flash memory is expected to lead to major change.

The report also focuses on a summary of key players in different segments along with market share information. A forecast of the total market in each category by dollar, downloads and geography over the next five years is provided. The report also includes an analysis of patents filed in this market by various companies.

Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications’ web site. View the report: Flash Memory: Technologies and Global Markets

FLASH MEMORY MARKET REPORT – TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summary Table : GLOBAL MARKET FOR FLASH MEMORY BY REGION, THROUGH 2018

Table 1 : DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOR AND NAND TECHNOLOGY

Table 2 : FLASH MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018

Table 3 : FLASH MARKET WORLDWIDE SEGMENTED BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2018

Table 4 : NAND FLASH MEMORY MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018

Table 5 : NOR FLASH MEMORY MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018

Table 6 : NAND AND NOR MARKET COMPARED AS A PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL MARKET, 2012-2018

Table 7 : FLASH MARKET BY INDUSTRY, THROUGH 2018

Table 8 : TOP MARKET SEGMENTS BY INDUSTRY, 2013 AND 2018

Table 9 : FLASH MEMORY MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, THROUGH 2018

Table 10 : MAXIMUM SIZE OF EXTERNAL FLASH-BASED STORAGE DEVICES

Table 11 : MARKET SHARE OF TOP VENDORS IN FLASH MEMORY, 2013

Table 12 : MARKET SHARE OF NAND FLASH VENDORS, 2013

Table 13 : MARKET SHARE OF NOR FLASH VENDORS, 2013

Table 14 : COMPARISON OF FLASH CELL TECHNOLOGIES IN SSD

Table 15 : HARD-DISK DRIVE (HDD) MARKET, THROUGH 2018

Table 16 : HDD MARKET BY VOLUME, 2012-2018

Table 17 : SSD MARKET, THROUGH 2018

Table 18 : SSD MARKET SHIPMENTS, THROUGH 2018

Table 19 : SSD MARKET PENETRATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF STORAGE DEVICES, 2012-2018

Table 20 : COMPARISON OF FLASH AND HARD-DISK STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Table 21 : SSD MARKET IN STORAGE BY INTERFACE TYPE, 2013

Table 22 : TOTAL FLASH MARKET IN ENTERPRISE/PC MARKET, THROUGH 2018

Table 23 : TOTAL SDD MARKET BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, THROUGH 2018

Table 24 : MARKET SHARES OF TOP HARD DISK MANUFACTURERS, 2013

Table 25 : MARKET SHARES OF TOP SSD COMPANIES, 2013

Table 26 : LIST OF KEY HARD DISK, FLASH MEMORY AND SSD MANUFACTURERS

Table 27 : RANGE OF PRODUCTS OFFERED

Table 28 : COMPARISON OF FLASH IN MOBILE AND ENTERPRISE MARKET

Table 29 : TYPICAL AMOUNT OF FLASH IN MOBILE DEVICES, 2013

Table 30 : FLASH MEMORY-FEATURE PHONES VS. SMARTPHONES

Table 31 : FLASH IN MOBILE MARKET, THROUGH 2018

Table 32 : NAND VS. NOR IN MOBILE MARKET, THROUGH 2018

Table 33 : FLASH MEMORY IN MOBILE MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, THROUGH 2018

Table 34 : APPLE REVENUE BY DECADE, 1977 TO PRESENT

Table 35 : FLASH MEMORY MARKET FOR PERIPHERALS, THROUGH 2018

Table 36 : FLASH MEMORY MARKET SEGMENTED BY PERIPHERAL TYPE, THROUGH 2018

Table 37 : FLASH MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION FOR PERIPHERALS, THROUGH 2018

Table 38 : U.S. PATENTS AWARDED FOR FLASH MEMORY, 1976-2013

Table 39 : U.S. PATENTS AWARDED FOR FLASH MEMORY IN MOBILE AND ENTERPRISE SEGMENTS, 1976-2013

Table 40 : U.S. PATENTS AWARDED TO SELECTED COMPANIES FOR FLASH MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, 1976-2013

Table 41 : U.S. PATENTS AWARDED TO SELECTED COUNTRIES FOR FLASH MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, 1976-2013

Solid-state Flash Memory Market Report

Monday, December 1, 2014

IPC Training on Detecting Counterfeit Components

A newly released training video, DVD-166C, “Counterfeit Components” from IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries®, explains not only how counterfeit components find their way into the supply chain, but more important, how to detect fraudulent devices during visual inspection.

Counterfeit components are an increasing challenge for the electronics industry and a potentially life-threatening issue in military, aerospace and medical electronics. “Even the best visual inspection only catches about 80 percent of all counterfeit components. The remaining 20 percent will escape detection and when you’re dealing with substandard or counterfeit components, 20 percent is not a good number,” said Dave Torp, IPC vice president of standards and technology. “IPC’s volunteer member community has created an essential ingredient for detection and prevention of counterfeit components – and that is training.”

Companies now have a resource to help train their stockroom, production and inspection technicians on common visual indicators of counterfeit and substandard components and to effectively utilize more sophisticated detection methods such as scanning electron microscopes and X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy systems.

Available on standard definition DVD in wide-screen format or Blu-ray in hi-definition, DVD-166C, Counterfeit Components, can be purchased from Electronics.ca Publications. The standard definition DVD is $495 for IPC members and $595 for nonmembers. The Blu-ray is $545 for members and $645 for nonmembers. Online video training is also available.

IPC Member Electronics.ca Knowledge Center offers access to some of the world’s most renowned specialists in academia and industry through exclusive agreements with individuals, institutions, and corporations. Electronics.ca Publications is a member of IPC, the printed circuit industries trade association, and an authorized global distributor of IPC standards. Our courses provide a comprehensive education for new employees, cross-training for your existing workforce, or pre-employment training for students entering the electronics industry. You can train, test and certify your employees in the fundamentals of semiconductor fabrication, PCB, and electronics assembly.

IPC Training on Detecting Counterfeit Components

Growth in Electronics Production by Country

Growth within the global electronics industry started to gain momentum in the later part of 2013 a trend which will continue in 2014 and then accelerate in the period to 2017, with stronger growth in the emerging markets. Growth is being driven by the improved outlook for the global economy although downside risks still remain. The Volume 2 of the Yearbook of World Electronics Data tracks developments in the electronics industry for 16 countries with emphasis on the Americas, Japan and the Asia Pacific.

Despite losing its position as the world’s largest producer the US remains the largest market. 2013 however, witnessed a further decline in electronics output, production falling by 1.9%. A stronger domestic and global economy in 2014 should see a return to growth in 2014, although it is expected to be modest at 1.1%. The US, like Europe is now focused on the production of low-volume products in the control and instrumentation, medical, automotive, industrial, defence, high-end computing and communications segments. Over the medium term these sectors are projected to achieve low to medium-digit growth. The move by US companies to “reshore” production is gaining some momentum although the decision by Motorola Mobility to close its smartphone plant after only a year continues to question the viability of producing high volume products in the country.

Electronics output in Japan declined for the third consecutive year in 2013, with output falling by 3.2% during the year and compared to double-digit declines in the prior year two years. The economic policies being implemented by the government, the so called Abenomics has led to an improvement in exchange rates and led to a spurt in exports. In 2014, the recovery which started in the prior September is expected to strengthen due to the continuation of the government’s economic policies and the on-going boost to exports provided by the weak yen. As a result, growth in local currency is forecast to increase by 3.7%.

Growth in Electronics Production by Country 2009-2014

Source: RER, The Yearbook of World Electronics Data

South Korea on the back of its leading position in semiconductors, mobile communications and advanced consumer electronic products is the fourth largest electronics producer globally with output of US$111.2 billion in 2013. After declining by 3.4% in 2012 electronics production rebounded in 2013 increasing by 8.9% on the back of strong growth in both the semiconductor and wireless communications segments. Growth is expected to ease in 2014 but still post healthy growth of 6.1% with the main drivers again the semiconductor and wireless communications segments.

Taiwan’s electronics industry is today dominated by a small number of large groups. In addition to the capital intensive semiconductor and display companies the country also has a significant number of ODMs which hold a major share in the global production of computer and communications products. Production for a significant proportion of high volume products manufactured by ODMs is now undertaken in China. In 2013, electronics output increased by 6.5% although growth was primarily driven by the key semiconductor segment. Taiwanese companies will continue to look offshore to reduce costs although the benefits of manufacturing in China will be impacted by rising wages in the country. The semiconductor segment, through the country’s leading position within the foundry business, will be key driver to growth over the medium term.

Electronic output in Malaysia increased by 2.5% in 2013 and followed a decline of 3.1% in the prior year. A recovery in the semiconductor segment combined with an improved performance in the consumer segment offset a further decline in the production of computer hardware. Continued growth in new investment will help boost production in the medium-term although output could still be influenced if established manufactures look to adjust capacity or move production to other countries. The trend to higher value-added production will continue with the country continuing to be an attractive location for the world’s leading electronic manufacturing service providers.

The emphasis on low cost manufacturing, which has driven the growth in the emerging countries and in particular China, is today being questioned. In Western Europe and the US/Canada reshoring is expected to be a significant issue over the next few years. At the same time it is expected that companies, including those in the industrial, automotive and medical sectors, will look to increase manufacturing, either internally or through partners in the emerging markets.

Cost will continue to be a key factor for the high volume products within the 3C segment. Escalating costs in China is pushing manufacturing in the country into the mainland but there is also evidence that overseas manufacturers are looking to alternative locations and to spread manufacturing across several countries.

The Yearbook of World Electronics Data tracks developments in the electronics industry for 16 countries with emphasis on the Americas, Japan and the Asia Pacific. Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications’ web site. View the report: Yearbook of World Electronics Data Volume 2 2014: America, Japan and Asia-Pacific.