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Consumer wearable health devices to drive big data healthcare
Consumer wearable health devices to drive big data healthcare
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​This year close to 42 million wearable wireless sports, fitness and wellness devices will ship worldwide. As consumers continue to…
Sensors, actuators market on 11% CAGR to 2018
Sensors, actuators market on 11% CAGR to 2018
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Acceleration, yaw and magnetic sensors are forecast to reach record sales in 2014 after slumping in 2012 and 2013, according…
Global HB LED market set to shine by 2018
Global HB LED market set to shine by 2018
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A revenue growth of 12.9% from 2013 to 2018 for the total packaged LEDs market has been forecast by the…
End of Windows XP boosted 1Q14 PC sales, says Gartner
End of Windows XP boosted 1Q14 PC sales, says Gartner
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The long-running decline of the desktop and notebook PC market, as consumers tend to buy and use lighter, more mobile,…

LED patents – How important are bright ideas?
LED patents – How important are bright ideas?
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LED technologies, with an emphasis on lighting applications, has been a fertile intellectual property environment since the turn of the century and IP consultants iRunway has released a preliminary report…
LED front-end equipment market leaders continue to dominate
LED front-end equipment market leaders continue to dominate
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Despite the strong growth of the LED TV market in 2010 and an increase in MOCVD industry competition market intelligence analyst, Yole Développement, forecasts that the three MOCVD reactor market…
Japan’s chipmaking equipment vendors fall in 2013 ranking
Japan’s chipmaking equipment vendors fall in 2013 ranking
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Japan's traditionally strong chipmaking equipment sector suffered in a 2013 global market where spending fell by 11.5 percent overall, according to market research company Gartner. Japanese vendors were hit by…
Chip market grew 5% in 2013, says Gartner
Chip market grew 5% in 2013, says Gartner
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Total worldwide semiconductor revenue reached $315 billion in 2013, up 5 percent from 2012, according final figures compiled by market research firm Gartner Inc.
Global chip sales up 11% in February
Global chip sales up 11% in February
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The three-month average of worldwide chip sales was $25.87 billion in February, up 11.4 percent over the equivalent figure in February 2013, according to the United States Semiconductor Industry Association…
Market for apps processors is exploding: ARM gives way
Market for apps processors is exploding: ARM gives way
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According to Strategy Analytics’ latest forecast, the global smartphone applications processor market will exhibit a 10.8 percent CAGR in revenues from 2013 to 2018 to reach $30.0 billion in 2018.
Newswatch: European LED makers need to act smartly
Newswatch: European LED makers need to act smartly
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Market analysts agree that the traditional lighting market will start to decline from around 2017. By which time LED lighting technologies will account for more than half of the overall…
Li-ion batteries for EVs to surpass $26n by 2023
Li-ion batteries for EVs to surpass $26n by 2023
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Worldwide revenue from Li-ion batteries for EVs will grow from less than $6 billion in 2014 to $26.1 billion in 2023 forecasts market intelligence analyst IHS.
ISO 17025 qualified European test lab to open in Farnborough, UK
ISO 17025 qualified European test lab to open in Farnborough, UK
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UKGen3 Systems Limited, a specialist British manufacturer and distributor, and Microtek Laboratories Inc., a resource for independent testing and verification services, have announced joint plans to open a new European…
Memory, firms, fabless climb chip vendor ranking
Memory, firms, fabless climb chip vendor ranking
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IC Insights has produced a ranking of the top 20 chip vendors by sales in 2013 that shows memory and fabless chip vendors doing well and moving up the table…
PV outlook in the Ukraine looks cloudier
PV outlook in the Ukraine looks cloudier
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The 2014 PV forecast for Ukraine has been revised down from 430 MW to 100 MW by market intelligence analyst, IHS, with the market likely to be made up solely…
BIPV glass to crack USD2.7bn barrier in 2019
BIPV glass to crack USD2.7bn barrier in 2019
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The market for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glass will grow from $823 million in 2014 to $2.7 billion in 2019 according to a report released by industry analyst firm NanoMarkets.
MEMS microphone market on 13% CAGR, says Yole
MEMS microphone market on 13% CAGR, says Yole
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The MEMS microphone market will be worth just over $900 million in 2014 and more than $1 billion in 2015 and is set to grow rapidly over the next six…
Asia drive global PV installations to 46-GW
Asia drive global PV installations to 46-GW
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Global solar photovoltaic (PV) installations will grow by a 22 percent in 2014, largely as a result of recent policy changes in the two largest markets, China and Japan, according…
MEMS, magnetics set to lead sensor market rebound
MEMS, magnetics set to lead sensor market rebound
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The market for optoelectronics, sensors, actuators and discrete devices will grow by 8 percent in 2014, a rebound from two weak years, according to IC Insights.
High-bay LED lighting reaches large-scale adoption tipping point
High-bay LED lighting reaches large-scale adoption tipping point
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Worldwide sales of luminaires and lamps for high-bay lighting applications will grow from 8.3 billion annually in 2014 to 54.7 million by 2021 forecasts market intelligence analyst Navigant Research.
Samsung leads chip capex ranking
Samsung leads chip capex ranking
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Memory makers and foundries will make the biggest increases in chip manufacturing capital expenditure in 2014, according to market research firm IC Insights. This is in total market of $62.23…
Wearable Electronics to add $70 million in battery revenue by 2018
Wearable Electronics to add $70 million in battery revenue by 2018
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The global market for batteries used in wearable electronics will grow more than tenfold in just four short years, propelled by portable products especially suitable for active sports and fitness…
LED chip demand to reach 61 billion in 2014
LED chip demand to reach 61 billion in 2014
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Total shipments of LED chips are on the rise with worldwide LED lighting chip sales that reached $1.1 billion in 2013 now forecast to reach $3.4 billion in 2017 according…
Solar spending gains momentum to reach USD3.8bn in 2014
Solar spending gains momentum to reach USD3.8bn in 2014
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A new round of solar cell capital spending is set commence that will reach $3.8 billion by year-end following a capital expenditure bounce back for the photovoltaic (PV) industry in…
A marathon of data collection for wearables
A marathon of data collection for wearables
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Market analysts give all semiconductor companies high hopes as long as they can fit their silicon into wearable applications, promised to sell in the tens of millions of units across…
Will China Conquer MEMS?
Will China Conquer MEMS?
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After a mad rush to develop home-grown apps processors for tablets and smartphones, Chinese entrepreneurs are now concluding that the rapidly growing number of MEMS inside a smartphone is too…
Samsung drives MEMS combo sensor market up, ST benefits
Samsung drives MEMS combo sensor market up, ST benefits
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Combo sensors are headed for another major growth spurt this year in the global microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor market as revenue climbs an expansive 37 percent after two years of…
M2M satellite communication market to grow over 50% by 2019
M2M satellite communication market to grow over 50% by 2019
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A recent study by MarketsandMarkets reports that the global M2M satellite communication market is expected to grow from $2,983.4 million in 2014 to $4,763.4 million by 2019, at an estimated…


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