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Wearable: Bluetooth headset > 300Mu in 2020, 90% growth is by TWS

By sensing-aiot February 2, 2021Market Invest, Wearable

Strategy Analytics forecasts total global Bluetooth headset sales volume of over 300M units in 2020. As a category, True Wireless Stereo (TWS) Bluetooth headset sales witnessed growth of nearly 90%…

Car: Toyota, NO.1 top-selling, ~10Mu/year

By sensing-aiot February 2, 2021Autonomous Vehicle, Market Invest

Toyota Motor overtook Volkswagen (VW) AG in 2020 to become the world’s top-selling automaker, the first time the Japanese group has clinched the position in 5 years. Toyota’s group sales,…

Photonics: Apple and Xiaomi File Patents for Mobile Camera and Glass

By sensing-aiot February 2, 20215G/Mobile, AIoT, Market Invest

Apple has filed a patent titled “Periscopic Camera Module” that features two light folding elements and a lens system located between these two elements. Furthermore, the lens system itself may…

Smartphone: ship ~400Mu/year in 2020, market recover in 4Q

By sensing-aiot February 2, 20215G/Mobile, AIoT, Market Invest

Counterpoint Research The global smartphone market continued to recover in 4Q20, rebounding 8% QoQ to 395.9M units. Apple’s 8% YoY and 96% QoQ growth helped it lead the market in…

3D Sensing: Microsoft ToF Targets Industrial Applications

By sensing-aiot January 29, 20214D Sensing, AIoT, Market Invest, Time of Flight

To win in the 3D sensing market, performance is a key factor. At the same time, the cost and the ecosystem are also vital. Microsoft has announced the best in…

Machine Vision Market: Yole’s Report

By sensing-aiot January 27, 2021Market Invest

“ The supply chain of key image sensor components has centralized. Yole estimates that the top five camera players have 53% market share in industrial cameras. The top three image…

LiDAR Competitions. Ouster, Aeva, Argo and Valeo

By sensing-aiot January 25, 2021General Sensing, Market Invest

BusinessWire: Ouster and Outsight partner on the first integrated solution in the lidar industry with embedded pre-processing software. This plug-and-play system is designed to deliver real-time, processed 3D data and…

CPU Roadmap and Market: Qualcomm vs. MTK

By sensing-aiot January 25, 2021Market Invest

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 870 mobile platform, with its prime core runs at 3.2GHz, up from 3.1 GHz on the 865+ and 2.94GHz on the 865. The Snapdragon 870 still…

AR: AR Standard and AR Killer Apps

By sensing-aiot January 25, 2021Market Invest

1. AR standard: The industry’s first augmented reality (AR) technology standard drafted by SenseTime in collaboration with China Electronics Standardization Institute, Zhejiang University, OPPO, Xiaomi, Baidu, iQiyi and many other…

3D Sensing: Lumentum M&A and Market Update

By sensing-aiot January 25, 2021Illumination, Market Invest

Lumentum made a strategic move to acquire Coherent Lumentum made a strategic move to acquire Coherent in a cash-and-stock deal valued at USD5.7B. This helps Lumentum to fight against II-VI,…