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DRAM Contract Prices Stabilized in June
and Are Expected to Rise in Q3
DRAMeXchange expects DRAM contract prices, af-
ter being on a downtrend for almost two years, will
go up in the third quarter by about 4% to 8%.
Automotive Telematics Revenue Will Soar
to $4.2B Globally in 2021
Global revenue from automotive telematics systems
will grow at a CAGR of more than 19% to $4.2 bil
-
lion by the end of 2021, according to new forecasts
from IHS Inc.
3D Printing Industry Expected to Top
$6.5B in Revenue in 2016
A new report from Semico Research, '3D Print-
ing: The Next Industrial Revolution 2016 Update',
forecasts that revenues for the industry—including
printers, services, and materials—will eclipse $6.5
billion in 2016. That figure will almost triple by
2021.
Automotive Semiconductor Market
Grows Slightly in 2015
Despite slower growth for the automotive indus
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try and exchange rate fluctuations, the automotive
semiconductor market grew at a modest 0.2% year
over year, reaching $29 billion in 2015, according
to IHS Inc.
IoT Communication Protocol Market
Worth $15.8B by 2022
The IoT communication protocol market size in
terms of value is expected to grow from $11.44 bil
-
lion in 2015 to $15.8 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of
4.7% between 2016 and 2022.
World Record: 248,000 Industrial Robots
Revolutionizing the Global Economy
The worldwide sales of industrial robots achieved a
new record number of 248,000 units in 2015, ac
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cording to the International Federation of Robotics.
Machine Vision Market to Hit
9.1% CAGR to 2020
The machine vision market size is estimated to
grow from $8.08 billion in 2015 to $12.49 billion
by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 9.1% from 2015
to 2020.
Global Demand for Smart Weapons
Accelerating Growth to Top $41.8 Billion
by 2025
A renewed emphasis on advancing Smart Weapon
capabilities to counter evolving threats such as A2/
AD (anti-access Area Denial) envelopes, combined
with on-going demand from asymmetric wars and
continued force modernizations in emerging coun
-
tries is driving spending across the full range of
Smart Weapons, according to Strategy Analytics.
N.A. Semiconductor Equipment Industry
Posts May 2016 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.09
North America-based manufacturers of semicon-
ductor equipment posted $1.75 billion in orders
worldwide in May 2016 and a book-to-bill ratio of
1.09, according to SEMI.
China IoT Market Worth $121.45B
by 2022
The China IoT market is expected to reach
$121.45 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 41.1% be-
tween 2016 and 2022, mainly driven by the grow-
ing demand for smartphone and other connecting
devices, the increasing internet penetration, rising
trends of industrial automation, and mainstream
adoption of cloud computing, according to Mar-
ketsandMarkets.
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