Is the Cellphone Industry, the Next Big Growth Area for MEMS Devices? 29/8/2008

Yole has released a report dedicated to MEMS devices for cell phone applications. This report focuses on the diffusion rate of MEMS in cell phone applications and how companies like Knowles Acoustics and Avago Technologies have increased their sales from US$ 1M sales to US$ 50 M. Currently, the cell phone industry is seen as the largest growth opportunity for MEMS devices in the next five years. Few MEMS-based sensor and actuator companies have found the right business case to penetrate the wireless handset market. So far 12 MEMS devices have potential ...