Big Market Results in Store for Miniature MEMs Devices

Big Market Results in Store for Miniature MEMs Devices

MEMs devices have been around since the 1980's, but it appears that this market has finally achieved mass market acceptance thanks to demand for everything from DLP® TVs to implantable drug pumps. MEMs devices are very small machines that have been combined with silicon to provide equipment with circuit solutions and moving parts. The inkjet printer market benefits from this technology, as the tiny devices are used in print heads, constituting 25 percent of the worldwide MEMs market. However, the rear projection television market is expected to gain share and bypass the print head MEMs business within the next few years.

In a recent report by Databeans, Inc., the MEMs market, estimated at $6.3 billion this year, is on track to double its size in five years, due to increasing economies of scale in manufacturing and new applications that show compelling arguments to utilize this technology.

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