Image Sensor: Sony losing market share
BusinessWire. Strategy Analytics publishes the report “Smartphone Image Sensor Market Share Q4 2020: Sony Takes Top Spot But Sees Drop in Share:” “The global smartphone Image sensor market recorded total…
LiDAR Race: Elmos, Ommatidia, Intel, Valeo, Scantinel vs. Luminar …
Lidar race is getting even hotter. Many more players are showing up with various approaches. An overview of the market, technologies, IP, and companies and news updates from players are…
LiDAR Technologies and Companies Survey
This is an ongoing survey to summarize the Lidar Technologies and Companies. First, the summary view of technology. Second, the choice of popular LiDAR technology is shown below. Third, the…
Wearable: Apple vs. Xiaomi
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices reached 153.5M in 4Q20, a YoY increase of 27.2% according to IDC. Shipments for the full year grew 28.4% to 444.7Munits. Apple led the market once again with…
Mobile: Apple vs. Samsung vs. Xiaomi
SellCell has conducted a survey of 5,000 American phone users in early Mar 2021 indicating that Apple iPhone loyalty (willingness to buy the same brand again) is at an all-time high of 91.9% while…
Camera Module: Ofilm vs. Sunny
Leading China-based smartphone vendors are likely to adopt entry-level ToF 3D-sensing technology for rear cameras of new models to be launched in 2H21, according to Digitimes. These vendors are expected…
Market: Mobile and PC Grows, But Slow
According to IDC, smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 13.9% YoY in 1Q21 and 5.5% for the full year 2021. This growth will be driven by continued recovery in demand and a…
Car: China Leapfrog in Autonomous Vehicle (AV)
CICC believes that 2020-2025 will be the key 5 years for China to leapfrog toward advanced autonomous driving. According to Roadmap 2.0, China is expected to achieve highly automated driving…
2020 Market: Mobile, Wearable, and Apple
Global Global smartphone shipments are likely to grow nearly 50% on year to 340M units in 1Q21, driven by robust sales of Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone Pro Max…
Semiconductor: Capacity Issue and Ranking
The semiconductor industry is notoriously slow when it comes to reacting to sudden increases in demand. It is facing a capacity issue but at the same time it is a…