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SiMM07<br />
<strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> <strong>Market</strong> Report 2007<br />
A sustainable market for 15+ silicon microphone manufacturers?<br />
Source: Knwoles Acoustics<br />
Source: Motorola<br />
Source: Sonion<strong>MEMS</strong><br />
Source: Harisscomm<br />
Source: <strong>MEMS</strong>TECH<br />
Source: Akustica<br />
Source: Jaguar<br />
Source: Monodrive<br />
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Content<br />
• 1. Executive Summary (p.4)<br />
• 2. Methodology (p.6)<br />
• <strong>3.</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> (p.11)<br />
– ECM markets Key points<br />
– <strong>Market</strong> opportunity for <strong>MEMS</strong> microphones<br />
– Description of applications<br />
– <strong>Market</strong> evaluation per application<br />
– <strong>Market</strong> trends<br />
• 4. Industry Status of Development (p.41)<br />
– Product introduction schedule<br />
– <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Player Profiles<br />
• 5. Industry Organization and Trends (p.123)<br />
– Business model comparison<br />
– Evolution of the ECM competition<br />
– From Analog to Digital evolution<br />
– Technology winners: monolithic vs. several<br />
chip solution?<br />
– Key drivers of microphone manufacturer and<br />
handset manufacturers relationship<br />
– From microphone device to microphone<br />
module<br />
– M&A<br />
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• 6. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Technology<br />
Overview (p.137)<br />
– <strong>Microphone</strong> definition<br />
– Advantages of <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong>s vs. ECM<br />
– <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>MEMS</strong> Technology<br />
– Detection principle description<br />
• 7. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong>s Manufacturing<br />
Challenges (p.156)<br />
– Design<br />
– Processes<br />
– Cost analysis on several device types<br />
– <strong>Opportunity</strong> to decrease price<br />
– Development costs per players<br />
• 8. Appendix<br />
• 8.1 General overview of the <strong>MEMS</strong><br />
Business (p.164)<br />
– <strong>MEMS</strong> History & Genealogy<br />
– <strong>MEMS</strong> market challenges<br />
• 8.2 <strong>MEMS</strong> Manufacturing Overview (p.168)<br />
– Key Differences between <strong>MEMS</strong> and IC Lines<br />
– <strong>MEMS</strong> typical flow chart<br />
– Micromachining technologies<br />
– Why integrated <strong>MEMS</strong>: from <strong>MEMS</strong> to<br />
Microsystems<br />
– <strong>MEMS</strong> processes challenges<br />
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Content of the report<br />
”150+ slides giving a complete understanding of the silicon<br />
microphone markets “<br />
Technology<br />
Process /<br />
Materials<br />
Devices<br />
Systems<br />
<strong>Market</strong>s<br />
Overview of detection<br />
principle<br />
Description of the main<br />
manufacturing<br />
challenges<br />
<strong>Market</strong> estimation per<br />
applications: Handests<br />
–VoIP –Consumer<br />
electronics – Hearing<br />
heads – Automotive -<br />
Security<br />
Evaluation of the<br />
system market and<br />
requirements<br />
Players<br />
R&D<br />
20+ Company profiles describing the activity, the products, the technology, the<br />
processes, R&D works and the main patents<br />
Trends<br />
Technology trends<br />
among industrial<br />
players<br />
Impact on the<br />
equipment and material<br />
market<br />
Trends of product size<br />
and power<br />
consumption<br />
Product introduction<br />
schedule<br />
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<strong>3.</strong> <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong><br />
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<strong>3.</strong> <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong><br />
<strong>Market</strong> Descriptions<br />
• <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> potential applications are identified on the schematic<br />
above<br />
• <strong>Market</strong> penetration is estimated to be in the following order:<br />
1. Consumer<br />
2. Medical<br />
<strong>3.</strong> Automotive<br />
4. Industrial<br />
Hand free sets<br />
Mobile phones<br />
Laptops<br />
CONSUMER<br />
AUTOMOTIVE<br />
Acoutics crash sensors<br />
Active noise cancellation<br />
PDAs<br />
PCs<br />
SILICON MICROPHONE<br />
INDUSTRIAL<br />
MEDICAL<br />
Hearing aids<br />
Active noise<br />
cancellation<br />
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<strong>MEMS</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Advantages<br />
• Advantages of <strong>MEMS</strong> microphone<br />
vs. conventional microphones<br />
• 1 - Surface Mountable<br />
– Auto pick-n-place<br />
– Lead-Free<br />
– No manual insertion process<br />
• 2 - Robust design superior<br />
temperature/humidity performance<br />
– Sensitivity does not shift with<br />
change in temperature<br />
– Withstands typical reflow solder<br />
temperatures<br />
Source: Knowles<br />
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<strong>MEMS</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Advantages<br />
• 3 - Design flexibility<br />
– Reduced height possible<br />
– with “Zero Height” SiSonicTM<br />
– Port hole in contact pad plane<br />
– Simplified acoustic gasketing<br />
• 4 - Flexible Package for Circuitry<br />
Integration<br />
– Amplified output<br />
– Differential Amplifier<br />
– Integrated A/D converter<br />
– Other customized solutions<br />
possible<br />
Source: Knowles<br />
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<strong>3.</strong> <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong><br />
6 <strong>MEMS</strong> microphone players among the TOP30<br />
2006 TOP30 <strong>MEMS</strong> Manufacturers<br />
(* Yole Estimations)<br />
1000<br />
900<br />
800<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
700<br />
600<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS*<br />
HEWLETT PACKARD*<br />
ROBERT BOSCH *<br />
LEXMARK *<br />
SEIKO EPSON *<br />
STMICROELECTRONICS<br />
CANON *<br />
FREESCALE<br />
ANALOG DEVICES *<br />
DENSO *<br />
GE INFRASTRUCTURE SENSING *<br />
SYSTRON DONNER (SDA - SDI)<br />
HONEYWELL *<br />
DELPHI DELCO ELECTRONICS *<br />
INFINEON TECH. * (incl. Sensonor)<br />
OLIVETTI I JET*<br />
VTI TECHNOLOGIES<br />
PANASONIC (MEI - MEW)*<br />
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM MICROPARTS*<br />
FORMFACTOR<br />
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE *<br />
KNOWLES ACOUTICS *<br />
MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES INC. (including HL Planartechnik)<br />
MURATA *<br />
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES *<br />
OMRON<br />
SILICON SENSING SYSTEMS *<br />
ULIS*<br />
COLIBRYS*<br />
KIONIX<br />
<strong>MEMS</strong> manufacturers having silicon microphone activities (Sales & product development)<br />
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<strong>3.</strong> <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong><br />
<strong>Market</strong> Estimation<br />
2006 2007<br />
2008<br />
2009 2010<br />
2011<br />
MICROPHONE<br />
MARKET<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
TOTAL MICROPHONE MARKET 2683 2999 3314 3580 3869 4141<br />
Total <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> <strong>Market</strong> 269 116 428 143 642 189 909 237 1220 282 1605 330<br />
Penetration rate 10% 14% 19% 25% 32% 39%<br />
• <strong>MEMS</strong> microphone market is estimated to have jumped from XXX Munits in 2005 to<br />
XXX Munits in 2006<br />
– It represents an average 90% annual growth<br />
– Yole plans a steady XX% unit CAGR on the 2006 – 2011 period<br />
• The saturation of the handset penetration to XX% of the production in 2011 is compensated by the use<br />
of <strong>MEMS</strong> technologies for consumer electronic goods.<br />
• <strong>MEMS</strong> products have XX% volume share over ECM microphones in 2006<br />
– It will reach XX% penetration rate in 2011<br />
– This ratio will increase until 2015 at least, not been affected by the saturation in the wireless<br />
handset applications<br />
• Volume is mainly driven by mobile phone application today and until 2011<br />
– XX% of 2006 sales<br />
– Still XX% of 2010 shipments<br />
• The use of microphones in other consumer electronics like headsets and notebooks<br />
represent the next large market opportunity<br />
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<strong>3.</strong> <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong><br />
All applications<br />
• <strong>Silicon</strong> microphone market opportunity summary table:<br />
MICROPHONE<br />
MARKET<br />
Mobile phone<br />
applications<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
2006 2007<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
2008<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
2009 2010<br />
269 $0,43 116 411 $0,33 136 556 $0,28 156 699 $0,24 169 851 $0,21 179 1011 $0,18 187<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
2011<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Hearing Aids 0,09 $5,00 0,4 0,19 $4,90 0,9 0,30 $4,70 1,4 0,52 $4,50 2,3<br />
Notebook 5 $0,43 2,2 24 $0,37 8,6 50 $0,31 15,5 79 $0,28 22,1 111 $0,25 27,8<br />
Earbud headset 8 $0,37 3 33 $0,31 10 70 $0,26 18 147 $0,22 33<br />
Consumer Electronic<br />
(Camera / Camcorders /<br />
…)<br />
12 $0,43 5 55 $0,37 20 126 $0,31 39 217 $0,26 57 333 $0,22 75<br />
Automotive applications 0,04 $3,00 0,1 0,46 $2,50 1,2 0,97 $2,25 2,2 2,0 $2,03 4,1 3,2 $1,82 5,8<br />
TOTAL MICROPHONE MA 2683 2999 3314 3580 3869 4141<br />
Total <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> 269 116 428 143 642 189 909 237 1220 282 1605 330<br />
Penetration rate 10% 14% 19% 25% 32% 39%<br />
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Focus on each application<br />
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Mobile phones application<br />
MICROPHONE<br />
MARKET<br />
Mobile phone<br />
applications<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
2006 2007<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
TAM 960 1054 1157 1271 1395 1532<br />
Penetration rate 28% 39% 48% 55% 61% 66%<br />
2008<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
2009 2010<br />
SiMicro <strong>Market</strong> 269 $0,43 116 411 $0,33 136 556 $0,28 156 699 $0,24 169 851 $0,21 179 1011 $0,18 187<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
Million<br />
units<br />
2011<br />
ASP<br />
($)<br />
<strong>Market</strong><br />
(M$)<br />
• Main players:<br />
– XXXX<br />
• <strong>Market</strong> status<br />
– Knowles Acoustics is clearly the leader in this field<br />
• First sales started in 2003<br />
• Knowles announced to have shipped a cumulated XXXMunits in Q3 2006<br />
– XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX are strong challengers in production since Q1 2006<br />
– Since Q4 2006, four additional players are sampling or producing<br />
• XXXXXXXXXXXXXX is in production and very active<br />
• Other companies include XXXXXXXXXXXXX with available samples but no information on sales level<br />
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Mobile phones application<br />
• Business trends<br />
– The <strong>MEMS</strong> microphone market benefit<br />
from the “thin handset” design trend<br />
• Motorola RAZR V3 success raised North<br />
Marican sales of Motorola by 40% between<br />
2004 and 2005<br />
• Before the RAZR, the typical thickness of<br />
a clamshell phone was 25-30mm<br />
• Today, ultra-slim clamshell devices<br />
thickness ranges from 11mm to 15 mm<br />
thick (depending if it is 3G or not)<br />
• Manufacturers are using thickness in the<br />
same way that retailers use price points to<br />
attract customers<br />
– ……………….<br />
Evolution of the ultrathin handsets – Source Strategy Analytics<br />
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Mobile phones application<br />
• Business trends<br />
– …………………<br />
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4. Industry status of development<br />
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20+ 4. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Players!<br />
<strong>Market</strong>s Consumer Medical Industrial Automotive<br />
Applications<br />
Wireless<br />
Telecom<br />
PC/Laptop<br />
Consumer<br />
Electronics<br />
Hearing aids<br />
Equipment<br />
monitoring<br />
Security…?<br />
Crash Impact<br />
Sound Sensor<br />
Remote voice<br />
control<br />
<strong>MEMS</strong><br />
microphone<br />
manufacturers<br />
in production<br />
<strong>MEMS</strong><br />
developments<br />
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80% of players uses capacitive detection<br />
<strong>Market</strong>s Consumer Medical Industrial Automotive<br />
Applications<br />
Wireless<br />
Telecom<br />
PC/Laptop<br />
Consumer<br />
Electronics<br />
Hearing aids<br />
Equipment<br />
monitoring<br />
Security…?<br />
Crash Impact<br />
Sound Sensor<br />
Remote voice<br />
control<br />
Capacitive<br />
Principle<br />
Optical<br />
Principle<br />
Piezoelectrical<br />
Principle<br />
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4. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Players<br />
Example of Yamaha<br />
23 profiles included in total<br />
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4. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Players<br />
Yamaha (1/5)<br />
• Company :<br />
– Japanese company founded in 1897<br />
– Begins production of custom-made LSIs in 1983<br />
– Development of <strong>MEMS</strong> began in 2002<br />
– Development of silicon microphones started in 2004<br />
• Product :<br />
– Yamaha is selling two different silicon microphones :<br />
• YAM551 without a built-in amplifier<br />
• YAM 552 with a built-it amplifier than can be set<br />
• Status :<br />
– In production<br />
– Yamaha has announced its commercial silicon microphones on March 9, 2007<br />
– Sample shipments will begin on March 2007<br />
– Sample price : 210 Yen (1.31 euro)<br />
– Expected Sales : 500, 000 units per month<br />
<strong>Silicon</strong> microphone<br />
YAM551from Yamaha<br />
• <strong>Market</strong>s targeted :<br />
– Mobile phones, PDA’s, game consoles, cameras, camcorders and other portable devices.<br />
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4. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Players<br />
Yamaha (2/5)<br />
• Description :<br />
– Two chips on a single package<br />
• A <strong>MEMS</strong> condenser microphone chip<br />
• A LSI chip<br />
– Yamaha has announced that its silicon microphones are ultra compact<br />
• 4.3mmx<strong>3.</strong>4mmx1.28mm<br />
– Single-channel analog output<br />
• Product features<br />
– Noise reduction, directionality control<br />
Other specifications :<br />
– Power supply voltage : 1.5V to <strong>3.</strong>6V<br />
– Sensitivity : -42dBV/Pa ( 1Khz, 94dBSPL)<br />
– Signal to noise ratio : 55dB (1Khz, 94dBSPL)<br />
– Package size : 4-pin CSON (ceramic small outline non-leaded package),<br />
• 4.3mmx<strong>3.</strong>4mmx1.28mm<br />
– Thin package<br />
<strong>Silicon</strong> microphone<br />
YAM551from Yamaha<br />
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4. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Players<br />
Yamaha (3/5)<br />
• Process Description :<br />
– Production began with 0.18µm process<br />
• <strong>MEMS</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> activities is estimated to be part of LSI Yamaha activity.<br />
– Three LSI facilities are located in three areas :<br />
• YAMAHA TOYOOKA FACTORY (Iwata, Shizuoka) : LSI research and development position<br />
• YAMAHA KAGOSHIMA SEMICONDUCTOR (Yusui-cho Aira-gun, Kagoshima) : LSI mass production<br />
fab.<br />
• Subsidiary YHD (Yamaha High-tech design Corporation) : LSI designing<br />
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4. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Players<br />
Yamaha (4/5)<br />
• Strategy :<br />
– Yamaha Business Plan for <strong>Silicon</strong> Mic : 24.6 M€ in 2010 (Medium-term)<br />
– Roadmap coming from « Yamaha growth plan 2010 »<br />
– Yamaha exports its <strong>MEMS</strong> activity to leverage from its LSI products and manufacturing<br />
capabilities.<br />
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4. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> Players<br />
Yamaha (5/5)<br />
• Strategy of Yamaha « The Sound Company » :<br />
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5. Industry organization and trends<br />
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6. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> technology overview<br />
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6. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> technology overview<br />
Detection principle<br />
• Three types of silicon microphones have been identified so far:<br />
– Capacitive detection is of high growth and interest today<br />
• Dedicated to low cost and moderate performances devices: i.e. the replacement market of the ECM<br />
– Microflow detection is related to fine sound measurements<br />
• Oriented toward measurement market<br />
– Optical detection is more military /security oriented<br />
• This detection is very accurate and allow lot of noise reduction<br />
• It main feature is to be undetectable compared to other technologies<br />
• They are mainly developed for military applications<br />
• This technology analysis will only cover the capacitive silicon microphones<br />
– 90 of developments and production are using capacitive detection principle<br />
Detection principles<br />
Capacitive<br />
Optical<br />
Microflow<br />
Piezoresistive<br />
Piezoelectric<br />
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6. <strong>Silicon</strong> <strong>Microphone</strong> technology overview<br />
Detection principle<br />
• All silicon microphone detection principle rely<br />
on the same element: the membrane<br />
• Fabrication of a Membrane chip<br />
– Fabrication of a membrane starts with<br />
depositing the membrane material on the front<br />
side of the wafer.<br />
• This is a critical process step, because the<br />
properties of the deposited layer influence the<br />
mechanical characteristics and therefore the<br />
acoustical behaviour strongly.<br />
• The internal stress , for example, is an important<br />
factor for the value of the resonance frequency.<br />
– Step two is to deposit a masking layer on the<br />
backside of the wafer.<br />
• Anisotropic etch solution gets grooves with the<br />
characteristic v-shape<br />
• Since the deposited membrane layer consists of an<br />
etch-resistant material, it survives the etch process<br />
and forms the membrane.<br />
• Typical dimensions are :<br />
– wafer thickness : 500 µm,<br />
– membrane thickness : submicron range,<br />
– lateral membrane size: in the range of 1mm by 1mm.<br />
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Presentation of Yole Développement<br />
• Yole Développement is a market research and strategy<br />
consulting company, founded in 1998.<br />
• We are involved in the following fields:<br />
• <strong>MEMS</strong> fields (including microfluidics), strategy and market<br />
research<br />
World market research leader<br />
• Photovoltaic process, equipment and materials<br />
• Nanomaterials<br />
• 3D IC business<br />
World market research leader<br />
• Yole Développement has 18 consultants, with both technical<br />
and marketing/management background, operating worldwide<br />
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Presentation of Yole Développement<br />
• We have different activities :<br />
– Custom strategic and market research analysis:<br />
• <strong>Market</strong> research and market analysis<br />
• Strategic consulting<br />
• Technology analysis, process cost analysis<br />
• Company evaluation and M&A services<br />
– Most complete collection of reports on <strong>MEMS</strong> markets, microfluidics, nanomaterials<br />
and compound semiconductor industry<br />
• Status of the <strong>MEMS</strong> Industry 07, Light Enfine, Memsfoundries<br />
06…<br />
• 3D IC business and technology trends<br />
– Edition of a free monthly newsletter <strong>Micronews</strong>:<br />
• English & Japanese version<br />
• 16 000 subscribers, 4% growth per month<br />
– Edition of a <strong>MEMS</strong> executive bulletin, <strong>MEMS</strong>Entry<br />
• Subscription based, English and Japanese version<br />
• 800 subscribers<br />
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Our references (partial list)<br />
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For more information …<br />
Take a look at our web site<br />
www.yole.fr<br />
You can register on line for free issues of <strong>Micronews</strong><br />
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