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Driven by movements toward further miniaturization and increased functionalities, megatrend applications such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, and augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) are creating huge business opportunities and contributing to the growth of More than Moore (MtM) devices.

Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), Extended Reality (XR): Success for the technologies behind these oft-heard terms could be right around the corner. They could be ready to confirm the dream of AR for everyone, supplanting smartphones as the next big consumer revolution. Companies have invested lots of money to develop the required technology-enabling building blocks in-house.

In the last two years, the DRAM and NAND memory business hit record-high revenues. The industry announced an impressive 32% CAGR between 2016 and 2018, with revenue growing from US$ 77 billion to an estimated US$ 177 billion.

An article written by Eric Mounier, PhD, Fellow Analyst at Yole Développement (Yole) - With photonics and AI , GAFAMs are moving deeper into the value chain, to the detriment of their traditional supply chain.

Tesla’s global fleet recently reached half a million vehicles, and all of them added over the past three years have been equipped with Autopilot hardware, which has been gathering data for Tesla’s driver assist program. The automaker now says that the Tesla owners have driven 1 billion miles with Autopilot activated as of today.

LiDAR technology is moving from scientific and space applications to the mass market with numerous applications in consumer and automotive segments. Non-scanning LiDARs are already used in automotive for Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) with a range around 10m. However, LiDAR with imaging capabilities working over a longer range are needed to enable the revolution to autonomous cars.