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Friday 2 March 2012
Booming iPhone and iPad sales make gyros top consumer and mobile MEMS device in 2011, says IHS
Gyroscopes were the top revenue generator in 2011 in the dominant consumer and mobile segment of the MEMS market, thanks to record sales of Apple's iPhone and iPad devices from during...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
CES 2012: Kionix intros new MEMS inertial sensors for small consumer devices
At the ongoing 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Kionix is showcasing the latest of its MEMS inertial sensors – a 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
MEMS sensors market looking strong: Q&A with Kionix director of marketing Brachocki
In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments of the company's operations - its mature accelerometer business and MEMS...
Friday 9 September 2011
Motion sensor market for smartphones and tablets set to double by 2015, says IHS
Sparked by Apple's adoption of accelerometer technology in its iPhone and iPad lines, the market for motion sensor devices in smartphones and tablets is set to nearly double during...
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Consumer and mobile MEMS to boom in 2011, says IHS iSuppli
After only four years of existence, a segment of the MEMS market known as new MEMS - specifically for consumer electronics (CE) and mobile handsets - will jump 157.4% in 2011, powering...
Tuesday 8 February 2011
STMicro and TriQuint capitalize on iPhone and iPad MEMS design wins in 2010, says iSuppli
Capitalizing on their design wins in Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad, semiconductor suppliers STMicroelectronics and TriQuint in 2010 achieved industry-leading growth in the global market...
Friday 26 November 2010
Apple to add 5 new features to iPad 2, says paper
A Chinese-language Economy Daily News (EDN) report citing industry sources claims Apple will add five new features to the iPad 2: video phone, better mobility, USB port,...
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Inertial MEMS sensor growth promising: Q&A with Kionix CEO Gregory Galvin
MEMS accelerometer specialist Kionix, just one year after its acquisition by Rohm, recently unveiled its new gyroscope product line targeted at the consumer electronics market. During...
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Kionix enters consumer gyro market
MEMS accelerometer specialist Kionix has announced a pair of new gyroscopes - the dual-axis KGY12 and the tri-axis KGY13 - aimed at mass-market consumer applications such as mobile...
Friday 10 September 2010
Demand for MEMS parts to grow substantially in 2010, says STMicroelectronics executive
Buoyed by demand from the smartphone and gaming console segments, global shipments of MEMS devices, especially gyroscopes, will grow substantially in 2010, according to Benedetto...
Friday 27 August 2010
MEMS firm Domintech begins small-volume shipments of accelerometers
Domintech, a subsidiary of Unimicron Technology, has begun small-volume shipments of own-branded accelerometers (g-sensors) to clients in the handset and games console sectors, and...
Wednesday 14 July 2010
MEMS market to propel toward double-digit growth in 2010, says iSuppli
Fueled by strong demand for consumer electronic devices and handsets, the market for MEMS sensors is set to rebound sharply in 2010 and approach a point close to the historical peak...
Friday 2 July 2010
MEMS auto sensor market set to rebound in 2010, says iSuppli
The market for MEMS automotive sensors will rebound sharply in 2010, but continued high sales might lead to an overheated market that could push the industry back into depression,...
Thursday 10 June 2010
New iPhone to trigger explosive growth in mobile gyroscope market, says iSuppli
Monday's introduction of the iPhone 4 is set to trigger explosive growth in the market for gyroscopes used in mobile phones, as a flood of competitors vie to emulate the feature,...
Friday 7 May 2010
Shipments of handset motion sensors to rise fivefold by 2014, says iSuppli
Global shipments of motion sensors for handsets are expected to quintuple by 2014 as smartphones and their operating systems increasingly support motion command and navigation applications...