Analysis

A false dawn or a path to the sunny uplands of an industry revival and boom? Industry executives think the latter. Record months and booming business is being reported across the board. This surge in business is already producing lengthening lead times for some products, and allocation may not be too far away, according to Electronic Specifier's Mick Elliott.

Haptic technology market is poised to accrue sizable revenue growth on account of proliferating use of self-service kiosks that require responsive 3D touchscreens. Haptic technology focuses on simulating the sensation of touch using several mechanisms. It uses touch as a feedback system to deliver information to consumers or operators. By Saipriya Iyer, Global Market Insights

Virtual, augmented and mixed reality products have continued to receive high levels of funding and investment during the 2010 decade, and they are poised to be the defining technology of 2020-2030. There has also been immense hype over these products during the decade, with evangelists of the technology believing that it will be used in all aspects of day to day life.

IC Insights is in the process of updating its comprehensive forecasts and analyses of the IC industry for its 24th edition of The McClean Report, which will be released in January 2021. Among the revisions is a complete update of the sales and unit shipment growth forecast growth rates through 2025 for the 33 main product categories classified by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organisation (WSTS) to be lead by DRAM.

The worldwide semiconductor market is forecasted to be $433bn in 2020 – an increase of 5.1% from 2019 – reports the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) based on the latest WSTS forecast data.

The European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) reported that European sales of semiconductors reached $3.214bn in October 2020, an increase of six percent compared to the September’s sales. The figures are based on the latest World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) report and show that October was the fourth consecutive growth month in the European semiconductor market, exhibiting faster growth than other regions.

We are often told that ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it.’ However, many technological advancements succeed commercially precisely because they eliminate an existing compromise. Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) is a great example of an emerging technology that removes a previous trade-off, specifically between the flexibility of printed electronics and functionality of conventional PCBs, and is thus rapidly gaining traction.

One in five grandparents took to playing virtual video games with grandchildren whilst shielding, with a further 40% of over 55’s stated that they regularly played video games online with their own children during lockdown as a way of ‘staying in touch.’

The global Semiconductor Assembly and Testing Services Market, is expected to surpass $249m by 2027, registering a CAGR of 4.04% during the forecast period of 2019 to 2027, as highlighted in a report by Coherent Market Insights.

IC Insights’ November Update to the 2020 McClean Report, released later this month, will include a discussion of the forecasted top-25 semiconductor suppliers in 2020. This research bulletin covers the expected top-15 2020 semiconductor suppliers.