Analysis

The European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) has unveiled its new brochure demonstrating the role the industry plays as a key enabler of the reduction of carbon emissions across society. Earlier this year, ESIA announced a 54% normalised emission reduction and 42% absolute emission reduction in Europe of manufacturing greenhouse gas emissions over the past decade.

When it comes to the Internet of Things (IoT) the potential for our lives, businesses and industries as a whole to completely transform and improve has never been greater. From a fully connected home, through to data being shared with manufacturers to help enhance products and manufacturing methods, the monitoring of patient wellbeing and medical equipment with the creation of ‘smart’ hospitals, optimising the supply chain and ensurin...

Now here’s a thing. It is not strictly distribution. It will have an impact on distribution if it comes about. The semiconductor market will grow just three percent next year according to Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons.

Each month the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA) collates the statistical data reported by its member associations throughout Europe, which it consolidates before publishing the figures as headline information. In his quarterly review for Electronics Specifier readers Adam Fletcher, IDEA Chairman, extracts three primary metrics from the consolidated report - ‘Bookings’ (net new orders entered), ‘Billin...

IC Insights released its August Update to the 2021 McClean Report this month, which includes a review of the top 25 semiconductor sales leaders for 2Q21. The top ten suppliers for 2Q are covered in this research bulletin.

The IGBT market, strongly driven by EV/HEVs, will reach $8.4bn by 2026. “With high growth expected for IGBTs, driven mainly by e-mobility, the supply chain is adapting its strategy and investing massively”, asserted Ana Villamor, PhD. Technology & Market Analyst, Power Electronics and Compound Semiconductors at Yole. She added: “IGBT is key for numerous power electronics applications. Strongly pushed by EV/HEVs adoption, at ...

According to a study from Graphical Research, the global optical sensor market size is set to expand at substantial CAGR during the forecast period. Optical sensors are mainly used in the automation industry which help in providing various pieces of information to the automotive manufacturers. This information is useful for them to improve their production processes and make them more efficient as well. Some of the popular examples of the applica...

The global smartphone market grew 6.9% year-over-year (YoY) to 299.1 million units in 2Q 2021, compared to the 279.7 million units shipped in 2Q 2020 – according to Omdia’s latest smartphone preliminary shipment result.

The increasing adoption of computational image analysis is creating opportunities for many new types of image sensors. These have a diverse range of capabilities, ranging from dramatically lowering the cost of short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging to large-area thin-film flexible photodetectors. IDTechEx's new report, titled ‘Emerging Image Sensor Technologies 2021-2031: Applications and Markets’, comprehensively explores the market for ...

The global automotive ceramics market is expected to top $2bn by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of five percent across the decade, concludes a recently published research study by a market research and competitive intelligence provider. A surging global automotive market and its allied industries are catalysing demand for automotive ceramics.