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REGIONAL ROUNDUP
MEMS is changing
and evolving
Yole Développement have
released their latest report
on the global MEMS
market and the top 30
companies reveal an
evolving market that is
developing in multiple
regions around the world
S
anyo is one of the new
entrants to the Yole MEMS
Top 30 ranking. With sales
of $50M (MEMS foundry activity),
Sanyo is now ranked behind Omron ahead
of Silicon Sensing Systems.
STMicroelectronics has had a great 2007 Major facts for 2007 targetNine companies are above $200M
year: The MEMS foundry services to HP targetThe 2007 sales of the last TOP 30 in sales, compared to only 4
and Kodak and other companies increased Company is $37M in 2007 companies 2 years ago. Analog
but what is impres-sive is the (compared to $26M in 2006), Devices is a newcomer, boosted by
multiplication by 3 of the acceleration showing an overall good health for MEMS accelerometer demand for
sensor sales. Now STMicroelectronics is the MEMS market. consumer applications.
the number 4 MEMS manufacturer, just targetHewlett Packard is the 1st MEMS
after HP, Texas Instruments and Bosch. manufacturer with more than “The sales of the top 30 companies are
The rest of the Top 30 ranking is $850M in 2007, thanks to HP growing at a lower rate compared to the
unchanged. Although automotive inkjet printhead based on its MEMS industry (7% compared to 9%),
applications con-tinue to fuel the MEMS innovative Scalable Printing indicating strong vitality of the small and
market, the real driver for growth is Technology unveiled in 2005 and medium players. Global TOP 30 sales are
coming from consumer applications. good financial health of the estimated to reach $5.6B rep-resenting
STMicroelectronics (in its consumer company. about 80% of the global MEMS market”,
MEMS business unit), Analog Devices targetHP is supplanting Texas explains J.C Eloy.
and Avago Technologies each record Instruments. The DLP RPTV sales Similar to the treatment for the
annual growth of more than 20% from are not as good as expected and this semiconductor industry, foundry sales and
2006 to 2007 for MEMS integration in FPD technology is facing strong sales of their customers are included both
mobile phones, gaming systems and sports competition from LCD even for in the foundry sales (for example
applications. With more than 35% growth large size screens (more than 56”). STMicroelectronics) and at their
rate in 2007 Knowles Acoustics with its TI also has a strong business in customer (HP in that case).
MEMS Silicon Microphone and Avago MEMS foundry services for This is the only acceptable way to
Technologies with FBAR components are Lexmark, that’s why the total sales handle these calculations. MEMS
two of the fastest growing companies in of TI are still increasing, compared business is changing and growing at a
the TOP 30. to 2006. very high speed
www.euroasiasemiconductor.com July 2008
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