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Additive Manufacturing Leaps From
Prototype to Production E
According to a new report by ABI Research, ad-
ditive manufacturing will produce more than
$360 billion worth of parts and end products
each year and nearly $2 trillion in sum by the
end of the next decade.
Digital Transformation to Advance Global
Airlines' Growth Prospects E
Frost & Sullivan's latest analysis reveals that
digital transformation will continue to be a
major focus for airlines. New digital tools have
helped airlines grow direct and indirect rev-
enues, optimize costs, improve the passenger
experience, and advance growth prospects.
Canalys Expects Fewer Than Two Million
Foldable Smartphones Will Ship in 2019 E
Foldable phones have arrived in the shape of
the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X.
More vendors will soon follow with their own
takes on foldable displays, but 2019 will not be
the year that foldable phones go mainstream.
Remote Patient Monitoring Revenues to
Reach €46.1 Billion in 2023 E
Revenues for remote patient monitoring (RPM)
solutions reached €17.5 billion in 2018, and
are expected to reach €46.1 billion at the end
of the forecast period, according to a new mar-
ket report from Berg Insight.
Cognitive Computing Market to Expand
due to Growing Adoption of the
Connected Devices E
According to TMR, the global cognitive comput-
ing market achieved the revenue of the $29.67
billion in 2016 and is expected to expand with
the CAGR of the 49.9% for attaining a value of
$1.0 trillion by the end of the year 2025.
Digitization Remains a Key Focus for Most
Industries in 2019, but Challenges Remain E
More and more enterprises are looking toward
new technologies such as machine learning
and artificial intelligence, edge computing, and
software-defined in their push toward digital
transformation.
China's Smartphone Market Falls
14% in 2018 E
China's smartphone market falls 14% in 2018
with just under 400 million units shipped. In
2018, smartphone shipments in China fell to
their lowest level since 2013 at 396 million units.
The U.S. Secures 5G Superiority,
at Least in Short Term E
The race for the leading role in 5G connectivity has
already started, and while the U.S., China,
South
Korea, and Japan are the four countries in the
lead, it is the United States who will win the 5G
race in the short term, according to ABI Research.
Semiconductor R&D Spending Will
Step Up After Slowing E
IC Insights claims 3D die-stacking technolo-
gies, manufacturing barriers, and growing
complexities in end-use systems are among
the technical challenges expected to lift R&D
growth rates through 2023.
Global Semiconductor Sales Up Nearly
14% to $468.8B in 2018 E
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)—
representing U.S. leadership in semiconduc-
tor manufacturing, design, and research—an-
nounced the global semiconductor industry
posted sales of $468.8 billion in 2018, which is
the industry's highest-ever annual total with an
increase of 13.7% compared to the 2017 total.
