Imaging: Market Trend Update
ISSCC 2021, Albert Theuwissen’s video is available at https://4da.tech/media/61dce1ff43ddbe5b0288e984a8743f4a
China EV Race: Who is Leading?
According Baidu CEO Robin Li, Baidu has appointed a chief executive officer and decided on a brand for its electric vehicle (EV) venture with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. He has…
OS Race: Who is Winning?
According to IDC, Chromebooks outsold Apple Macs for the first time over the course of a full year in 2020, a year largely driven by commercial demand for lightweight, powerful,…
Fingerprint Sensor: slight increase in 2020
According to IDC, the proportion of smartphone shipments equipped with biometric solutions in the Chinese market has increased from 85.08% in 2017 to 94.18% in 2020. In 2020, the Chinese…
Auto: Auto Drive-Up Sensor Markets
Thanks to the increase in the level of autonomous driving, the number of demand for on-board cameras, ultrasonic & millimeter-wave radars, and lidars continues to increase, which in turn drives…
CIS: CMOS Imaging Sensor Market Update in 2019
Albert Theuwissen delivered a keynote at 2020 IEEE Sensors conference titled “Deep-Trench Isolation is Here to Stay!” Below are the highlights on the market update in 2019. Only Sony is showing…
Imaging: Event-Based Imager vs. Global Shutter Imager?
Event imaging Global Shutter A team of researchers from Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, and University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic, publishes an…
AR: Apple’s first AR/MR Headset will Launch in Q12022
Taiwan’s Supply Chain being the Winner A new rumor from China Times business segment states that JPMorgan Chase Securities Technology Industry Analyst Yang Weilun is predicting that Apple may release headset…
Imaging CIS Market: Sony vs.ON
Sony Sales drops while On Sales increases. 1. Sony Reports 10% CIS Sales Drop, Rises Full Year Forecast Sony reports its quarterly results and updates forecast for its fiscal year ending…
PC: market ended 2020 on high
The Global PC market (including tablets) ended 2020 on a high, posting a third consecutive quarter of annual growth as shipments hit 143.7M units in 4Q20, up 35% year-on-year. As…