ST has been a leader in the supply of MEMS components for many years although the company was knocked off the top spot by Bosch Sensortec in 2013, according to market research firm HIS (see Apple design wins lift Bosch to top of MEMS ranking ).
However, despite losing out on some high volume inertial MEMS sensor business in the iPhone ST has an extensive MEMS portfolio that makses sales across IoT and wearable, mobile, industrial, consumer and automotive applications.
Benedetto Vigna, general manager of analog, MEMS and sensors at ST. Also known as the instigator of STs rise in MEMS.
"We have barely scratched the surface of the valuable role sensors and micro-actuators will play in improving the quality of our lives at home, at work and at play by making us safer and products easier to use," said Benedetto Vigna, general manager of the analog, MEMS and sensors group, in a statement. "With the industry's most diverse portfolio ideally suited to the most dynamic industries, we are the only company that can continue to enable wave after wave of innovation in our homes, cars, and workplace, changing everyone’s life for the better."
"ST's broad range of sensors and micro-actuators clearly positions it as the company with the most comprehensive portfolio," said Jeremie Bouchaud, senior principal analyst for MEMS and Sensors at market analysis company IHS, in the same statement.
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