52 SMT007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2018
Chrome OS Detachable Tablets Paint
a Brighter Future While Tablet Market
Struggles
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Global tablet shipments in the first quarter of
2018 reached 31.7 million, declining 11.7%
from the prior year, according to preliminary
data from the International Data Corporation
(IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.
Micro-LED Market Worth $20.5B by 2025
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Increasing demand for brighter and more power-
efficient display panels for smart watches,
mobile devices, and NTE (AR/VR) devices is
expected to propel the micro-LED market to
grow from $0.6 billion in 2019 to $20.5 billion
by 2025, at a CAGR of 80.1%.
Six Predictions that Will Shape the Global
Energy Storage Sector in 2018
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Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Global
Energy Storage Market Outlook, 2018, finds
that the total installed capacity will grow
15.9% between 2017 and 2018, and the top six
countries—China, United States, South Africa,
Chile, France, and Israel—will complete instal-
lation of 1,369 MW of grid-scale ESS projects
in 2018.
Global Semiconductor Packaging Materials
Market Reaches $16.7B
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SEMI and TechSearch International reported
that the global semiconductor packaging mate-
rials market reached $16.7 billion in 2017. While
slower growth of smartphones and personal
computers—the industry's traditional drivers—
is reducing material consumption, the slow
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down was offset by strong unit growth in the
cryptocurrency market in 2017 and early 2018.
Industrial 3D Printing Market to be
Worth $5.6B by 2023
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The industrial 3D printing market is expected
to grow at a CAGR of 27.21% between 2018
and 2023, to reach $5.66 billion by 2023 from
$1.73 billion in 2018.
Global Server Shipment Posts Slight
Decline in 1Q18
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According to the latest report of DRAMeX-
change, a division of TrendForce, the global
server shipment experienced slight decline in
1Q18, but the demand for CPU, Server DRAM,
and other related components remain flat.
Global Semiconductor Sales Up 20%
Year-to-Year in Q1
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The Semiconductor Industry Association
(SIA) has announced that worldwide sales of
semiconductors reached $111.1 billion during
the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20%
compared to the first quarter of 2017, but 2.5%
less than the fourth quarter of 2017.
Price Decline in LCD TV Panel Market to
Continue in 2Q18
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Prices of LCD TV panels of all sizes have been
decreasing since the end of 2Q17, and have not
shown any sign of stop so far, according to the
latest report from WitsView.
Robots to Populate E-Commerce
Warehouses at a High Rate
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ABI Research estimates that shipments of
global commercial and collaborative robots
in e-commerce fulfillment will reach 443,000
units in 2026, twenty-fold of current shipments
in 2018.
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