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Independent package and test vendors are generally known as OSAT or ASAT. In 1997, the OSAT industry scale was no more than USD5.1 billion or so, making up 19.6% of the semiconductor industry, as opposed to the market size of USD23.6 billion in 2011. Owning to the fact that TSV technology advances slowly and that foundries are designed to assume partial package business, the OSAT market scale may see little change but slim growth, with the estimated revenue in 2012 registering USD24.4 billion.

The worldwide industrial electronics assembly market is one of the most interesting and profitable segments for EMS companies to engage in. While growth of the total available industrial market is modest (between 5-6% annually), the growth of the EMS services sector is more than double depending on the product. Some of the most promising opportunities can be found in the Test & Measurement and Process Control sectors where advanced electronics are making a huge impact in efficiency and cost reduction.

The market for MEMS in cell phones and tablets will grow 19.8% ti reach a $5.4B value in 2017. New MEMS devices will benefit from the mobile device growth that is predicted for the coming years: phones and tablet will represent a 2.9B units in 2017 and most of them will integrate 5 to 10 MEMS devices. The MEMS industry will be largely impacted by global trends in mobile devices: connected devices, video and music consumption, social networking, diversity of users and usages, mobile advertising. In the reverse way, we also note that the booming demand for smartphones and media tablets can be partly explained by the integration of MEMS sensors which provide new functionalities.

The total market for Quantum dots is expected to reach $7480.25 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 55.2% from 2012 to 2022. In the present scenario of QD technology market, Healthcare is the only industry, which has gained significant market share. Healthcare needs high precision in tissue labeling, cancer therapy, tumor detection, etc. and QD-based devices work for the same.

After a decent first quarter, the big players of the semiconductor industry are expecting smoother sailing throughout the next few quarters. Especially now that supply chain setbacks resulting from the flooding in the third quarter of last year have fully recovered and consumer demand is improving. Specifically, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced in early May 2012 that global sales of semiconductors in Q1 2012 had reached nearly $70 billion. Although this was a slight decrease of about 8 percent from last year's first quarter sales and a slight sequential decline from Q4 2011, the upwards trends are encouraging, especially in Europe and Japan, which had seen very poor results over the last few quarters of 2011.

According to a new technical market research report, the global market for automotive sensors was valued at $14.1 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $15.2 billion in 2012. By 2017, the market should total $22.1 billion, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.7%. The automotive sensor market can be broken down into three segments: vehicle management systems, safety and support systems, and alternate fuel vehicles. The segment made up of vehicle management systems should account for $10.2 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach $14.6 billion in 2017, a CAGR of 7.4%. Safety and support systems, projected to total nearly $3.9 billion in 2012, should experience a CAGR of 7.3% to reach nearly $5.5 billion in 2017.

According to a new technical market research report, the global market for thin and ultrathin films was valued at nearly $9.3 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase to $14.9 billion in 2016, a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%. The ultrathin film material market can be broken down into two main segments: chemical and physical processes.  The chemical processes segment accounted for nearly $5.1 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase at a CAGR of 7.8% to reach $7.4 billion in 2016. The physical processes segment accounted for nearly $4.2 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase at a CAGR of 12.3% to reach nearly $7.5 billion in 2016.

The LEV industry is growing fast, with greatest strength in China today, but also clearly emerging fast in the rest of the world. Up until the last couple of years, ebike sales were concentrated in China, Japan, and the EU. In the last few years, nearly every nation has bought ebikes from China, and in some cases, the volumes are now significant. Sales will reach 130 million yearly before 2025, make it one of the world's largest industries. The 236 page report encompassing over 70 brands gives forecasts of sales numbers, unit prices and total market value for 2012-2022.

Demand from LCD backlights will continue to dominate LED demand until 2013, when it will reach its peak, according to the new report. The year 2011 was a challenging one for LED makers. After taking off in 2010, the growth in demand from LCD TV backlights reversed course, due to a combination of slower growth in LED backlit LCD TV sales and slower growth in chips used per backlight, due to efficiency increases. The demand for LEDs in LCD backlights did grow slightly, as use in tablet PCs and strong penetration growth in LCD monitors made up for the drop in demand from TV.

Total sales of analog chips are expected to rise to about $43.8 billion in 2012, up 3 percent compared to 2011. The market for application specific analog products is expected to grow to $26 billion in 2012, up from about $25.2 billion in 2011. The firm forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 8 percent for application specific analog products over the next five years. The market for general purpose analog chips is expected to grow slightly to $17.5 billion in 2012, up from $17.1 billion in 2011. Analysts expect the market for general purpose analog chips to grow faster than the application specific analog market over the next five years.