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Sigue el crecimiento de la optoelectrónica, sensores y dispositivos discretos

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Continuando una tendencia que se inició hace unos años, las ventas totales de la optoelectrónica, sensores y actuadores y componentes discretos (en conjunto, el mercado de OSD), aumentaron un 8,4% en 2011, superando ampliamente el crecimiento del 0,4% en las ventas de circuitos integrados, según datos compilados en la nueva actualización de la edición 2012 del Informe O-S-D de IC Insights, “A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronic, Sensor/Actuator, and Discrete Components”. IC Insights pronostica que el mercado de OSD crecerá más rápido que el mercado de CIs en el año 2012, así marcará el tercer año consecutivo por este logro (figura 1).

US Smart Grid to Lead World by Example − if Global Recession Doesn’t Halt Plans

The US and the EU plan to coordinate the development of smart grid standards, if financial frugality can be overcome, according to a new report by business intelligence expert GBI Research.
The new report* states that the US plans to implement smart grid technology to reduce the national energy demand by 20%, improve system efficiency by 40% and incorporate 20% renewable sources into the total electricity capacity by 2030. However, these impressive aims may not be met if plans fail as a result of the global recession.

Defining Smart Grids and Smart Opportunities

In the generation, transmission and distribution (GT&D) of electricity, ‘Smart Grid’ has been used to describe the growing intelligence in the electric grid. Historically, smart grid first referred to the increasing use of a communications network to reduce an electricity provider’s dependence on labor to read billing meters; the smart meter required a smart grid to manage the intelligent communications. Some industry players and media still adhere to this increasingly limited definition.

Gallium Nitride Power Semiconductor Market to Exceed $1 Billion by 2021

The emerging market for Gallium Nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to grow from almost zero in 2011 to over $1 billion in 2021, according to a new report from IMS Research. The research firm analyzed all of the key end markets for the products found that power supplies, PV inverters and industrial motor drives would be the three main drivers of growth.

400 Million ‘Smart Home Energy Management’ Devices to Present Major Opportunities for Connectivity Semiconductor Suppliers

In the next five years, around 400 million ‘smart home energy management’ devices will be shipped globally, according to a recent study from IMS Research, a leading analyst firm recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). This includes devices such as smart meters, smart thermostats, in-home displays, ‘smart appliances’, and load control switches [see figure below]. This represents a major opportunity for IC suppliers, driving connectivity technologies into a wide range of typically ‘un-connected’ devices. Yet the type of connectivity technologies selected varies by both country and the type of company deploying the energy management solution.