Last month, Yole Développement released its annual sapphire industry analysis: Sapphire Applications & Market 2015: from LED to Consumer Electronic. This report discloses the status of the sapphire market evolution including the recent capacity expansion plans, especially in China. Yole’s analysts reveal a comprehensive 2014 wrap-up of the winners & losers and a special focus on the sapphire display covers application. Under ...

In a competitive landscape, Yole Développement points out the serenity of the Wide Band Gap (WBG) market and the confidence of its players: WBG companies are slowly but surely reshaping the industry and accelerate the market adoption with numerous strategic mergers and acquisitions (Cree, Infineon Technologies…) and the development of disruptive solutions. In its latest technology and market analysis, 'GaN & SiC for power e...

According to the IGBT Technology & Market Trends report from Yole Développement, the market will be multiplied by 1.8 between 2014 and 2020, reaching $ 6.2bn in 2020. When first commercialised 30 years ago, IGBT devices had a voltage breakdown around 1,100V. Since then, power range has broadened to 400-6,500V, allowing IGBTs to be a part of all power electronics applications. IGBT market growth will not stop there; vehicle electrificat...

Yole Développement's technology & market analysis, Microfluidic Applications in the Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, In-Vitro Diagnostic and Medical Device Markets, provides a complete overview of the technology trends through a detailed marketing analysis. By offering innovative solutions and cost advantages, microfluidic technologies are attracting more and more players from various fields. Under this context, numerous large companies ...

Yole Développement and Serma Technologies are organising Successful Semiconductor Fabless 2015  (SSF 2015), the third edition of the conference, to explore the semiconductor supply chain, analyse business trends and technical challenges and highlight success stories. SSF 2015 will take place in Novotel Paris Vaugirard Montparnasse, Paris from 4th to 6th November.

Sapphire is a key material for LED manufacturing. But in 2015, 20% of sapphire will be used in the Apple watch’s window and in the iPhone, for the camera lens, fingerprint readers and heart rate monitors covers. The Yole Développement report, Sapphire Applications & Market 2015: from LED to Consumer Electronic, provides a complete update of all sapphire uses, from LED substrates to consumer applications.

Within the photolithography equipment market (valued at $150m in 2014), advanced packaging applications has the strongest growth. Yole Développement estimates that more than 40 systems have been installed in 2014, with a CAGR representing 10% between 2014 and 2020. The company has also stated that MEMS photolithography equipment looks set for 7% CAGR and LEDs 3%.

Increasing internet traffic and video streaming will encourage large data centre investments in the coming years with around $143bn invested for new data centre projects worldwide. Large online companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google are leading the investment in next-gen 'green' data centres. There is a trend towards building larger data centres, consolidating and increasing the density of server concentration for the sites which require m...

According to Yole Développement (Yole), by 2024 the IoT device market will represent a $45bn business contributing to a total IoT market of $400bn. At this year’s Sensors Expo & Conference the company will review its latest IoT results and the related MEMS and sensor sectors at Pre-Conference Symposium 3, titled IoT, the final frontier for embedded, which takes place on 9th June from 9:30am to 5:30pm. In his presentation, Sensors...

Yole Développement has released a technology & market analysis, entitled Energy Management for Smart Grid, Cities and Building: Opportunities for Battery Electricity Storage Solutions, confirming the impact of EVs/HEVs on the development and deployment of stationary battery electricity storage systems. Tesla's recently-announced battery storage solution, Powerwall, confirms the trends towards massive deployment of distributed...

System Plus Consulting, sister company of Yole Développement (Yole), has created a revolutionary costing tool. The company will demonstrate the MEMS Price + in a live webcast on 4th June at 8:00am PDT, entitled Still tearing your hair out when simulating the cost of your MEMS devices?. To register for the webcast, visit the Events section of the i-Micronews website.

Fan-out wafer level packaging is now entering a new era. With a high expected growth of the market, multiple new companies, OSATs and even foundries are involved in this platform. According to Yole Développement’s Fan-Out and Embedded Die: Technologies & Market Trends and Equipment & Materials for 3DIC & Wafer-Level Packaging Applications reports, the market reached more than $150m in 2014 and a CAGR of 30% for the next 5...

According to Yole Développement's latest MEMS report 'Status of the MEMS Industry', the MEMS industry is preparing to exceed $20bn by 2020 (in 2014 it represented an $11.1bn business for Si-based devices).

According to Yole Développement, Quantum Dots are finally ready for prime time and will exceed traditional phosphor revenue by 2020 by allowing LCD to compete with OLED in the race for the next-gen displays. This prediction comes from a recent Yole LED downconverters technology & market report, Phosphors & Quantum Dots 2015: LED Downconverters for Lighting & Displays.

A comprehensive review of the LED downconverters market and competitive landscape has been proposed in Yole Développement’s (Yole) recent LED downconverters technology and market report, titled Phosphors & Quantum Dots 2015: LED Downconverters for Lighting & Displays. The report presents the requirements for lighting and displays, configurations and dispensing methods, and trends in phosphor compositions.

Yole Developpement has announced its power electronics market briefing, titled How are hybrid and electric going to reshape the overall power electronics industry?, which will take place on the 20th of May at PCIM Europe 2015.

With an impressive 20% growth in MEMS revenue compared to 2013, and sales revenues of more than $1.2bn, Robert Bosch GmbH is the clear number one in the global MEMS market, says Yole Développement. From Yole's yearly analysis of Top 100 MEMS Players, analysts have released the 2014 Top 20 MEMS Players Ranking, showing the emergence of what could be a future ‘MEMS titan’.

“The LED market is a complex but promising market,” said Pars Mukish, Business Unit Manager, LED, OLED and Sapphire at Yole Développement (Yole). In 2015, companies are not relying on more technical breakthroughs, except at the LED module level, where integration remains an important issue. “However, there is still overcapacity,” adds Mukish. “This is causing many changes in the supply chain, first at the chip...

According to a recent report published by Yole Développement (Yole), titled: Power Packaging Technologies Trends & Market Expectations, the power packaging market is growing. Between 2014 and 2020, the interconnection and substrate segments are expected to increase by 14% and 13%, respectively. In addition, the global growth for raw material is expected to reach 12% between 2014 and 2020, with a market of $1.7bn by 2020.

The power electronics supply chain is evolving. Yole Développement (Yole) analysts confirm this trend in its latest technology and market report, titled Status of the Power Electronics Industry. Chinese companies’ vertical integration is challenging diverse historical market leaders, while Europe & US companies are pushing horizontal integration. What is the shortest road to the success?