Marketing reports, industrial technology reports and strategy reports, industrial research reports

·       Objective of new joint venture with QuantumScape is the commercialization of innovative solid-state battery technology
·       Volkswagen is the largest automotive shareholder in Stanford spin-off QuantumScape
·       Volkswagen Group will take a seat on the board of QuantumScape

The semiconductor industry posted record results in 2017, with revenue exceeding US$400 billion. Overall demand for semiconductor devices was robust throughout the year, driven by the growing adoption of electronics components across all applications, with particular strength in the mobile and data center markets. Semiconductor growth in 2017 was led by the memory segment, with impressive revenue reaching US$126 billion. It represents an increase of over 60% year-over-year. Yole Développement (Yole) Memory Team forecasts the memory market to reach US$177 billion in 2018, with 40% growth.

Yole Développement’s (Yole) new report, MEMS Pressure Sensor Market and Technologies 2018, sees the MEMS pressure sensor business as being segmented into five markets: automotive, consumer, industrial, medical and avionic. Despite market maturity, there is still room for growth in some applications, like tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), where Netherlands-headquartered NXP has a significant presence.

With the memory market booming, the Yole group of companies recently decided to launch its quarterly Memory Monitor report, covering DRAM Service – Memory Research and NAND Service – Memory Research, and the entire memory segment. The report’s first installment was just released, and it contains a wealth of timely data. Memory, fueled by huge contributions from DRAM and NAND, is poised to account for more than 1/3 of all semiconductor revenue in 2018, well above the historical average of ~25%. Enjoy!

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that Aledia, a developer and manufacturer of next-generation 3D LEDs for display applications based on its gallium-nitride-nanowires-on-silicon platform, has selected Veeco’s Propel® GaN MOCVD system to support advanced research and development. Aledia noted the tool’s large process window, single-wafer reactor technology and defect stability as key factors in its decision to adopt the Propel system.

Note: this is the second part of the whole article. First part is available here.

Personalized medicine is a term we’ve heard for years. The ability to tailor a patient’s treatment type and dosage to obtain the best response is a holy grail for cancer researchers and clinicians. To this end, new technologies are in development which enable what is called “liquid biopsy” - a simple blood draw used to perform cancer diagnostics based on circulating biomarkers in the bloodstream, such as circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), circulating tumor cells (CTCs), and exosomes. These new techniques and the associated players and market are at the core of Yole Développement’s analysis in its recent report, Liquid Biopsy: From Isolation to Downstream Applications 2018.