Combo sensors to shape a $3B market, as per Yole

Yole Développement has reported the Combo sensors will almost triple from 2012 to 2013. Yole says year 2012 was seen by many as a turnkey year for consumer combo sensors, with high volume adoption in platforms such as Samsung Galaxy S smartphones. 6-axis IMU are already adopted in a growing number of platforms with 6-axis e-compass shipments reaching new records every month and 9-axis solutions is already introduced to the market and more innovative solutions should follow integrating pressure sensing, processing units, and RF capabilities, as per Yole. Further analysis shared by Yole includes: The combo sensor market is estimated to be $446M in 2013, growing to $1.97B in 2018. This represents 21% of the global inertial consumer market in 2013, and will grow to an impressive 66% by 2018. “While smartphones and tablets are now driving volume increases and adoption of combos, the picture should be different in 2018”, announces Laurent Robin, Activity Leader, Inertial MEMS Devices & Technologies at Yole Développement. “The next market wave should come from wearable electronics, where long-term market potential is huge. While combo sensors will take a significant portion of total market share, opportunities will remain for discrete sensors: from accelerometers used in basic activity trackers to gyroscopes for camera module stabilization”, he explains. The road was not...