MEMS/MOEMS Report Released
Market Growing Rapidly; TI and Others Could Win Big

Insight Media is offering a new report titled "MEMS4Display 06: Market analysis of MEMS based microdisplays," which focuses on the market opportunity for MEMS/MOEMS devices for display applications. Not surprisingly, Texas Instruments holds a commanding lead here, but the market is now poised to expand rapidly, with new segments opening up by 2008.

The MEMS4Displays report finds that by 2010, the MOEMS market will be more than US$3B. Today, projection and display is more than 50% of the total MOEMS market and this application will keep the largest market share for the years to come as DMD for projection and TV is now a high volume market with high growth expected for projection and large-screen TVs (> 40"). By 2010, the market for RPTV and front projection will reach over US$1.8B (see figure).

While Texas Instruments will capture most of this market, such high volumes are attracting strong competition. If TI's DLP is still the dominant technology, other MEMS-based competing

While Texas Instruments will capture most of this market, such high volumes are attracting strong competition. Sony and Kodak have linear MEMS arrays for display applications, Reflectivity is ramping production for a low-cost 2D display for business projector and Miradia is prototyping a display solution.

At the same time, scanning 2D micromirrors technology based upon MEMS fabrication techniques could arrive on the market using laser sources. (see related Insight Media report on lasers and laser projection: Laser Projection Report)

Outside RPTVs and projection, other promising applications are emerging. The most interesting one could be small MEMS displays for portable applications (such as the iMoD technology from QUALCOMM). Small displays based on MEMS technologies are becoming more and more important and if QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies (QMT) is able to introduce a new display to the market, we will certainly see a stronger growth after 2008. Longer-term applications also include HUDs, HMDs, etc.

The new MEMS4Display 06 report covers:

  • Current trends and markets for MEMS
  • Different MOEMS applications
  • A specific analysis on the MEMS-based microdisplays:
    • Projection and RPTV market forecasts
    • Other DMD applications
    • MEMS-based microdisplay competition
    • The future of RPTV: LEDs and lasers
    • A analysis and short description of the different players
    • Analysis per micro-mirrors application: portable applications, future applications

The report is published by Yole Developpement, a French market research firm that offers companion MEMS reports on inertial sensors, gyros and mobile products. The report is available for $3,950 and is delivered as a PowerPoint file under a site license agreement.

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