Portable Motion Sensor

Motion sensor market prospects in 2011 will reach 11 billion U.S. dollars
Editor of the language games for Nintendo Wii and the success of Apple's iPhone, chip makers have begun in the detection tool chip performance portable trusted application potential. The Taiwanese chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in an independent research report cited the use of accelerometers to detect motion sensor micro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices, the market sales will reach 7 3 billion USD this year, will reach 11 billion U.S. dollars in 2011.


Nintendo Wii and the success of Apple's iPhone, chip makers have begun in the detection tool chip performance portable trusted application potential. foundry TSMC in Taiwan


(TSMC) in an independent research report cited the use of accelerometers to detect motion sensor micro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices, the market sales will reach 7.3 billion USD this year, will reach 11 billion U.S. dollars in 2011.


Sony has also entered the market for chips sport, player of the egg of the company RollyMP3 can rotate players to adjust the volume.


These chips by micro-gyroscopes and accelerometers coordination between the size and direction of the acceleration tests, allowing the Apple iPhone, the rotation shown in the figure, and the players on the Wii, shaking the controller to play the game


Current production primarily by STMicroelectronics MEMS chips to Apple, Nintendo, Freescale, Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard supply.


Dollars, the MEMS market compared to those who are frequently multi-billion dollar annual income of the company is still small, but its potential for growth. TSMC expects sales for the total semiconductor market, 280 billion, an increase in the rate of 4% annual growth of MEMS will be 3 times the rate of market growth.


Chip makers have been facing a decreasing demand for memory and logic chip issues, but the devices become smaller in the mass market use of motion sensors, such as mobile phones and audio


Music player, will offer an increase in chip sales new business opportunities.
Month technology TSMC5 annual summit, the company will be positioning for the future of MEMS technology is most promising.


RichardDixon iSuppli analyst said: "TSMC has been over the years, research opportunities, and we now believe MEMS applications in consumer electronics and mobile phone the best time."


"Motion sensor IPhone successfully applied to the exciting shows. The previous success will encourage manufacturers to adopt similar characteristics to compete with each other to the rapid expansion of mobile phone MEMS. "


Taiwan's Topology Research said TSMC has already started ADI MEMS chip OEM, and part of the company will account for 10% of total revenues this year, the next 2-3 years this proportion will increase to 20%.


rival TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) is also reportedly began to prepare for the end of this year or next year, a similar chip supply, although the company declined to comment on the case.


Dixon, iSuppli said, providers of MEMS main traditional source of revenue for the automotive industry, has now reached the limit of capacity, suppliers are likely to choose to upgrade manufacturing technology, desire and Freescale, while that some companies have started producing sub-contracting.


ISuppli, the MEMS market a shot in the arm, the United States in 2012, the law of the United States all books in less than a car must use a sharp object technology stability control tower.