TSMC MEMS foundry biz expanding, says Yole

Apr 26, 10:29

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) MEMS foundry business enjoyed an approximately 80% rise in 2012, achieving around US$42 million in sales. The significant growth...

STMicro challenges TI in 2011 MEMS market, says Yole Developpement

Mar 27, 11:16

The MEMS market reached US$10.2 billion in 2011, up 17%, according to Yole Developpement. STMicroelectronics saw its MEMS sales rise 42% to more than US$900 million on exploding demand...

Supply and demand back in check for sapphire market, says Yole Developpement

Nov 4, 11:40

Following the massive material shortage in 2010, sapphire material and finished wafer prices remained high through early 2011, according to Yole Developpement. The situation was aggravated...

Yole lists top-30 MEMS companies in 2010: Big-4 capture one third of total market

Apr 13, 16:06

The worldwide MEMS industry enjoyed a growth of 25% in 2010, according to a recent Yole Developpement report. Major players Texas Instruments (TI), Hewlett-Packard (HP), Robert Bosch...

Open MEMS market gain in 2008, says Yole Developpement

Jul 7, 16:48

Despite a downturn in several markets, major open MEMS foundries increased their sales by 7% in 2008 from the year before, and most are now profitable, according to Yole Developpement...

Consumer applications to overtake automotive applications in MEMS inertial sensor market by 2011, says Yole Developpement

Jun 8, 10:58

Motion sensing devices are not new. They have been used since the 1950s in the aerospace and defense field for navigation functions. MEMS versions of accelerometers and gyroscopes...

Economic crisis impacting MEMS market, says Yole

Nov 28, 12:30

The total MEMS market will reach US$7.6 billion in 2008 and further up to US$8 billion in 2009, according to Jean Christophe Eloy, CEO of Yole Developpement. The fourth quarter 2008...

MEMS sector expected to average 17% annual growth over next 5 years, says Yole

Oct 7, 12:06

The MEMS sector will see strong growth over the coming few years because of many new products enabled by MEMS devices, with consumer applications (such as for the Wii, iPhone, PicoP...

Sapphire sales driven by LED and RF switch applications, says Yole

Sep 30, 17:02

Thanks to tremendous growth in Silicon-on-Sapphire (SoS) devices, the overall sapphire material market is expected to average 21% annual growth and reach US$402 million by 2012, stated...

MEMS market for handset applications to reach US$2.5 billion in 2012

Aug 1, 10:23

A 40% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) for MEMS components is expected in the handset market through 2012, according to Yole Developpement. In 2007, cumulative sales reached US$440M...

HP tops MEMS market in 2007, says Yole

Jun 27, 14:47

Hewlett Packard (HP) was the top MEMS manufacturer in 2007, with related sales of more than US$850 million, thanks to its inkjet printhead products based on its Scalable Printing...