It is expected MEMS to maintain double-digit stable growth of 18% in the next six years: the compound annual growth rate of revenue is at about 20%; shipments, around 13%; and by 2017, global MEMS can achieve market shares of $21 billion.
With the IT development,
MEMS sensor technology becomes more stringent. Driven by the weak global economy, worldwide MEMS sensor market see a relative slowdown in growth rate, which is projected to maintain compound annual growth rate at 8% in the coming years; the major growth force comes from consumer electronics area especially cellphone, and the growth in the field of automotive electronics slightly slows down. But the MEMS sensor application in Tablet PC and smartphone will still maintain robust growth, while the retail price of products shows gradual decline trend.
From 2008 to 2012, global MEMS sensor market becomes stable from a dramatic increase. Affected by the debt crisis and the downturn of the auto industry, European market suffered decline in market shares; but MEMS
sensor processing industry, represented by European countries including Germany, Finland, France, develops rapidly; and the United States remaining stable market shares is still the important birthplace of worldwide high-end technology and products.
Driven by Tablet PC as well as smartphone market, MEMS sensor increasingly raises market shares; of course, many consumption of these technologies results from global and China’s market adjustment. Due to the impact of flagging global economy along with prudent macroeconomic policies, the slowdown of growth rate began to happen on China’s MEMS sensor market in 2011, but still much higher than global level; currently, China’s MEMS sensor market continues to slow down, showing good development momentum. The stable development is attributed to the further increase of penetration of MEMS sensor in consumer products.
Despite a stable and solid sensor market, sensor enterprises should recognize the development direction of MEMS sensor technology. First, sensor technology needs move to high precision, such as the accurate guiding of sensor detection; second, walk toward high-reliability, wide temperature range as well as miniaturization, sensors in various portable equipment should consider the above aspects. Finally, sensor technology also marches into micro power consumption as well as passive and network direction, combining with wireless technology; develops toward intelligent and digitized direction, integrating with CPU and the control of energy as well as intelligent combination are all the necessity of MEMS sensor technology.
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