Mobile: 2021 to see a big increase vs. 2020
According to Gartner, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users will total 1.5B units in 2021, a 11.4% growth year over year. After recording a 10.5% decline in 2020 due…
Mobile: 2021 Market Forecast
According to Sigmaintell, Apple’s total production of iPhone in 2020 has increased to about 244M units. In 2021, the total production is expected to be about 251M units. (Sigmaintell report)…
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…
Tablet: 164M unit in 2020
The worldwide tablet market had an outstanding 4Q20 with 19.5% YoY growth and shipments totaling 52.2M units, according to IDC. Impacted by the pandemic, the tablet market reached shipment levels…
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…
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…
Camera: Hidden Mobile Camera is coming
Samsung’s patent envisions a phone with a rotating pop-up rear camera array. The design describes a phone that may sport a triple rear camera with no dedicated selfie camera. However,…
Auto Race: Google vs Apple
Ford and Google have joined together to create unique services and capabilities for Ford and Lincoln customers. Ford has also named Google Cloud its preferred cloud provider to leverage Google’s…
Mobile: More foldable phones coming in 2H21
Samsung Display has signed a deal to supply foldable displays to select smartphone makers in China. The plan is to start shipping the displays in 3Q21 and to deliver 1M…
IC: TSMC & Intel to ship 3nm in 2022
TSMC has already struck a deal with Intel under which the pure-play foundry will use 3nm process technology to manufacture the US vendor’s core CPU products, with volume production scheduled…