Silicon Microphone Market 2007 - A sustainable market for 15+ silicon microphone manufacturers?

Yole Developpement
August 10, 2007
194 Pages - SKU: YOLD1535796
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This report gives an accurate segmentation of the market potential of Silicon Microphones. It investigates the advances of the silicon microphones penetration across five fields: Telecom, Consumer electronics, Medical, Automotive and Security.

It analyses each application in details using the following criteria:
  • Description of the application and the benefit of Silicon Microphones
  • Function and specification requirements for Silicon Microphones
  • Description of the market drivers and the integrators
  • Analysis of the competitive technologies and players
  • Analysis of the Silicon Microphones market
  • Evaluation of market volume, average selling price, and market value on the 2006-2011 period
  • Major players market share and potential new entrants
  • Analysis of the technical and business trends
The report provides over 20 detailed company profiles (in production, sampling or still in development). Each profile analysis deeply the activity of silicon microphone company: products, technology, processes, R&D works and main patents…

Finally the main challenges facing the MEMS microphone industry are discussed:
  • Product introduction roadmap
  • Player development status mapping
  • Business model comparison
  • Evolution of the ECM competition
  • Technology winners: monolithic vs. several chip solution? Analog vs. Digital?
  • Key drivers of microphone and handset manufacturers relationship
  • From microphone device to microphone module
This report not only describes the market at the players and applications level, but it provides a global view of the MEMS microphone market allowing to build diversification strategies taking into account the technical requirements.

Please note: this is delivered as a PowerPoint presentation.



Additional Information

Who should buy the report?
  • Business development manager will plan and tailor the product development activities to fit first product introduction or plan diversification strategies
  • Sales managers will have market potential (# Munits/year, ASP) and an overview of joint markets
  • Technical directors will find global overview will find the market/technical requirement data to evaluate and scale their new product development projects
  • Marketing executives of component and system companies will find key figures for their strategic plans and offer design
  • Purchasing departments will find data to evaluate risks or new solutions for their sourcing strategies
Companies in the report

AAC, Akustica, Analog Devices, Auxitrol, BSE, Changzhou Tongda-WK Electronic, Dover Electronics, Draper Laboratory, Fujitsu, GN Resound, Hosiden, Infineon, INN, Intensity Electronic, Tachima Tech Corp, Kenwood, Knowles acoustics, Memscap, MEMStech, Microflown, Motorola, NASA, NCT, Neonode, NHK, Nokia, NXP, Omron, Panasonic, Panasonic Mobile Communication, Phone-OR, QinetiQ, Ricoh, Ringford Product Ltd, Samsung, Shenzhen Horn Eletroacoustic Technology, Siemens, Siemens Hearing, SonionMEMS, SPK Electronics, Toshiba, Transound Electronics, VTT Electronics, Wolfson, Yamaha…