Thanks to several emerging technologies and lower average selling prices (ASPs), the fingerprint sensor market is poised to make some big gains in the consumer segment. The fingerprint market is forecast grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 percent from 2016 to 2022 in the consumer segment, reaching $4.7 billion, according to…
Biometric technology covers finger, hand, face, eye, voice and even vein scans, which can be used across a variety of security applications such as industrial, homeland/security, consumer, and healthcare. However, consumer electronics, particularly smartphones, is driving biometrics development with fingerprint sensing leading the way, according to Yole Développement (Yole). The consumer market for biometrics is…
The global LED market weathered a tough year in 2015, according to market research firm Yole Developpment. The entry of Chinese players to the market and lower-than-anticipated demand in the LED backlight and LED lighting markets drove prices down. For the first time ever, global packaged LED revenue declined, according to Yole, reaching $15 billion…
Vendors in the organic display technologies market are taking a page from the semiconductor industry and are developing toolkits that enable the manufacturing of organic displays on existing equipment, according to Yole Développement (Yole). This capability could mean the difference between widespread adoption of organic display technology or its limitation to niche markets. “The OSC [organic semiconductor]…
New product developments in the GaN power market, including the commercialization of 600-V GaN devices and new GaN power ICs, are expected to drive growth over the next few years. The market is forecast to reach $280 million in 2021, up from less than $10 million in 2015, according to Yole Développement (Yole). The GaN power…
Faced with a second year of stagnant growth, competition in the consumer and mobile micro-electromechanical (MEMS) sensor market will continue to be tough for suppliers. After declining by 3.4 percent in 2015, a slow growth trend in the consumer and mobile MEMS sensor market is not expected to start until 2017, according to IHS Markit.…
The MEMS market is projected to reach $20 billion in 2021, up from $11.9 billion in 2015, according to Yole Développement (Yole). This translates into a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly nine percent over the next five years. The CAGR for unit shipments is forecast at 13 percent. The MEMS markets are growing…
Organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology holds a lot of promise for mobile devices which are only going to proliferate in both the business and consumer markets. OLED, which is used for displays, uses very little power, can be applied to flexible substrates such as plastic, doesn’t wash out in bright sunlight and needs no…
Lyon, France – New advanced packaging technologies are expected to result in big changes in the semiconductor industry, driven in part by the Internet of Things (IoT), according to a new report from Yole Développement. The focus is expected to center on integration and wafer level packages (WLP) to deliver greater functionality, improved cost, and…
Due to the growth of the semiconductor business, the wider adoption of Cu pillar solutions and the introduction of flip chip technology for LED and CMOS image sensors (CIS) applications, the flip chip market is expanding. However, market research firm Yole Développement (Yole) expects flip chip capacity will max out by 2017, requiring new investment…