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More-than-Moore: Can electronics packaging keep up?
Advanced microelectronics are moving on from the Moore’s Law era to be More-than-Moore. Denser chips have higher internal and external clock rates, and higher power dissipation.
Top ten trends at IDTechEx Show! USA 2015
The following is an article by Raghu Das, CEO, IDTechEx, the global research and business intelligence firm that created the IDTechEx Show! USA 2015, which will be held on the 18th-19th of November, in Santa, Clara, California. Today’s emerging technologies are varied, vast and moving at the blink of an eye. Here are the top 10 key trends we’ll see at the show that are changing the way the world lives, works and plays.
Energy harvesting: from early stage technologies to mature market products
Scouting the market for energy harvesting for almost 7 years now has allowed IDTechEx significant insight into the markets for the technologies, the potential applications and their prospects for growth. The following list of applications comes from recent IDTechEx research that has looked into the level of maturity of a wide range of end user applications, and the technology of choice in most of them. Dr Harry Zervos, Principal Analyst & Bu...
Advanced & post lithium-ion battery market to reach $14bn in 2026
Whilst existing battery technologies such as lead acid and lithium-ion batteries will dominate the battery market in the following 10 years, advanced and post lithium-ion batteries given the right conditions can potentially take a considerable dent of about 10% of whole battery market by 2026. This is mostly because some of them are already in use in niche segments that will present high growth in the following 10 years. Indeed advanced and post ...
Investment brings flexible sensors to market
Large investments have been made to enable flexible, thin sensors rather than rigid sensors. By Guillaume Chansin, Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEx.
Working towards vehicles that could run forever
Forget the obsession with driverless autonomous cars; Energy Independent Vehicles (EIV) are the new megatrend according to the IDTechEx Research report Energy Independent Vehicles 2016-2026, which explores the latest developments in the booming energy autonomous vehicle industry.By Franco Gonzalez, Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEx.
Perovskite PV efficiency excitement
Perovskite PV efficiency gains are double those of organic PV, exciting researchers from KIMM in Korea to Dyesol in Australia. However, it can be like the little girl in the nursery rhyme: 'When she was good she was very, very good and when she was bad she was awful'. Perovoskite PV promises over 20% efficiency, low cost materials and even flexible, transparent and stretchable versions needed for new applications. Record power to weight ratio is ...
Visualising the 3D printing landscape
The 3D printing industry is still going from strength to strength. According to the IDTechEx report 3D Printing 2015-2025 Technologies, Markets, Players this industry is set to grow from $1bn in 2012 to $20bn in 2025. This growth is due to both improvements in existing printing technologies and the development of completely new technologies. Keeping track of these developments is a challenge.By Dr Jon Harrop, Director, IDTechEx.
Printed electronics equipment sales: companies look to Asia
The printed electronics equipment and consumables supplier base consists of over 100 global organisations, according to IDTechex Research in their report Printing Equipment for Printed Electronics 2015-2025. The majority of these are based in Europe, followed by a roughly even share of US and Asian based companies. Within Europe itself, Germany is home to more equipment makers than other European countries.By Raghu Das, CEO, IDTechEx.
Emerging haptics find their niches
Haptics are an essential feature of the UX platform in many electronic products today. Whether as notification provision in a vibrating smartphone, tension building in a video game controller, or input confirmation in an industrial scanner, this billion dollar industry is something that most people will experience every single day.By James Hayward, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx.