62 SMT Magazine • April 2016
Flourishing Chinese NaND Flash industry
to Spur the Growth of Domestic
Controller Chip Manufacturing
Chinese semiconductor companies building up
their memory manufacturing capabilities at the
wafer level are also beginning to pay greater at-
tention to the production of controller chips for
memory products.
Flexible aMOlED Display production
to increase in 2016
With the growing popularity of the Samsung Gal-
axy edge series and the Apple Watch, display man-
ufacturers are expanding their production capacity
of flexible AMOLED displays.
Top 10 ioT Technologies for
2017 and 2018
Gartner Inc. lists the top 10 Internet of Things (IoT)
technologies that should be on every organiza-
tion's radar through the next two years.
Emergence of 5G and industry 4.0
to ignite the Global Test and
Measurement Market
The ubiquity of connected devices and the rising
relevance of the Internet of Things will provide a
huge boost to the test and measurement market,
specifically, the communication testing segment.
Semiconductor Unit Shipments
to Exceed One Trillion Devices in 2018
Semiconductor unit shipments are forecast to climb
to 1,022.5 billion devices in 2018 from 32.6 billion
in 1978, reflecting an average annual growth of
9% over the 40-year period.
Steady Smartphone Shipments limit
Global Mobile DraM revenue Slide to 1%
DRAMeXchange reports that the decline in mobile
DRAM prices eased in the fourth quarter of 2015
amid steady smartphone shipment.
automotive lighting System Market
to See 8% CaGr from 2015-2021
The global automotive lighting system market is
predicted to progress from $19.9 billion in 2014
to $34.1 billion by 2021, according to a new re-
port by market research firm Transparency Market
Research.
Worldwide Wearables Market leaps
126.9% in Q4 and 171.6% in 2015
The worldwide wearable device market took a big
step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015, fueled
by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and
the Apple Watch.
Over 1.5 Billion Smartphones to Ship
Worldwide in 2016
Despite turbulence for certain vendors and coun-
tries, the global smartphone industry will still grow
by over 10% this year thanks to new opportuni-
ties, according to a new report by Canalys.
Semiconductor Capital Spending
rebound Fails to Materialize in 2015
Total worldwide semiconductor industry capi-
tal spending is forecast to show low single-digit
growth in 2016 after registering a 1% decline in
2015, according to IC Insights.
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