MEMS is still on a dynamic growth path; The importance of product validation; InvenSense announces headquarters relocation

Solid State Technology MEMS Direct| August 26, 2013 |View online

Home

MEMS

Applications

Manufacturing

Packaging & Test

In this issue: • MEMS is still on a dynamic growth path, targeting USD 22.5 billion in 2018 • Driven by Apple and Samsung, light sensors achieve double-digit revenue growth • Quarterly semiconductor sales increase 6%, outperforming industry forecast • First half of 2013 shows big changes to top 20 semiconductor supplier ranking • MEMS New Product Development: The importance of product validation • Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing • Device for capturing signatures uses tiny LEDs created with piezo-phototronic effect • Nanotechnology battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes • InvenSense announces headquarters relocation • Bruker appoints Thomas Bachmann as president of the Bruker BioSpin Group • Ultratech/Cambridge NanoTech expands operations • Infinite Graphics expands medium area mask capability Top stories MEMS is still on a dynamic growth path, targeting USD 22.5 billion in 2018 In 2012, the IC industry saw a two percent decline, but Yole Developpement's research reveals the MEMS sector managed another 10 percent growth to become an $11B business. Driven by Apple and Samsung, light sensors achieve double-digit revenue growth Light and proximity sensors in mobile handsets and tablets are set for expansive double-digit growth within a five-year period, thanks to increasing usage by electronic giants Samsung and Apple. Quarterly semiconductor sales increase 6%, outperforming industry forecast The Semiconductor Industry Association announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $74.65 billion during the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 6 percent from the first quarter when sales were $70.45 billion. First half of 2013 shows big changes to top 20 semiconductor supplier ranking Later this month, IC Insights’ August Update to the 2013 McClean Report will show a ranking of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers in 1H13. From our Sponsor Want better Etch results? Ulvac’s Deep Etch Foundry Service enables you to achieve more reliable and repeatable process performance for your MEMS, MOEMS, microfluidic and photonic devices. You’ll get ultra high aspect ratios, optical smooth surfaces and sidewall angle control. Ulvac helps you accelerate device fabrication, eliminate prototype to product variability and reduces costly time-to-market delays. etchservices@us.ulvac.com; 978-686-7550 Click here for more information Tech news MEMS New Product Development: The importance of product validation Product validation is an essential part of all successful MEMS new product developments. It is the process of testing products under various environmental, mechanical or electrical conditions to simulate life in an accelerated manner. Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing MIT chemical engineers have discovered that arrays of billions of nanoscale sensors have unique properties that could help pharmaceutical companies produce drugs — especially those based on antibodies — more safely and efficiently. Device for capturing signatures uses tiny LEDs created with piezo-phototronic effect Using thousands of nanometer-scale wires, the researchers have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical pressure – from a signature or a fingerprint – directly into light signals that can be captured and processed optically. Nanotechnology battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a new flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable lithium ion batteries that could help make cell phone and electric car batteries last longer. From our Sponsor New Video from COMSOL See how to simulate Thermal-Structure Interaction in a MEMS Energy Harvester in this short video. Click here to watch this COMSOL Multiphysics demonstration now. Business news InvenSense announces headquarters relocation InvenSense, Inc., a provider of MotionTracking system on chip devices, is relocating its headquarters to 1745 Technology Drive, San Jose, California. Bruker appoints Thomas Bachmann as president of the Bruker BioSpin Group Bruker Corporation announced the appointment of Thomas Bachmann as the new president of its Bruker BioSpin Group. Ultratech/Cambridge NanoTech expands operations Ultratech, Inc. announced last week that it has moved Ultratech/Cambridge NanoTech to Waltham, Mass. Infinite Graphics expands medium area mask capability Infinite Graphics Inc. (IGI), a supplier of service and software products for the Medium Area Mask (MAM) market, has added new capability in the form of new and upgraded equipment.

Share:

Web Editor Shannon Davis 603-891-9145 shannond@pennwell.com

Subscription Information

SST invites you to forward this newsletter to colleagues or associates who might be interested in our weekly news summaries.

If you are a current subscriber, you can unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking this link: here

You may also contact us to by clicking here or you can write to us at:
PennWell Corporation
c/o E-mail Unsubscribe
1421 South Sheridan Road
Tulsa, OK 74112
USA

If you do not subscribe to this newsletter and would like to receive it, please visit: http://www.electroiq.com/index/subscribe/newsletters.html

  © 2013 PennWell Corporation. All Rights Reserved.