STMicroelectronics ships one billionth mems device
STMicroelectronics has announced it has shipped its one billionth mems sensor. The company produces almost 50million MEMS motion sensors a month and now claims it is leading the consumerisation wave of mems and its application to high volume gaming systems and mobile applications.
According to iSuppli, revenues for the mems market are expected to reach $7billion by the end of 2010 and more than $10bn by 2014. The continued demand from consumer and mobile applications has dominated the growth and these fields are expected to become the biggest mems segment, at $3.2bn by 2014.
"The revolution to affordable and accurate and motion sensors has dramatically changed the way consumers interact with mobile phones, games, and other electronic devices," said Benedetto Vigna, pictured, group vice president, STMicroelectronics.
"Combining the economy of scale with industry leading sensor and application expertise, ST continues to strengthen its offerings in consumer mems and drives the development of new and fast moving mems markets, such as healthcare, industrial and automotive," he added.
