Yole Offers 3 Complimentary Months of MEMSentry to MIG Members

Market research firm Yole Développement is offering 3 issues of its monthly publication, MEMSentry, at no cost to MIG members. This special deal begins with the May 2009 issue (which members can download here). The June and July issues will be posted on the MIG members-only site as soon as they become available.

In the May issue:

Business

• How InvenSense is reinventing the MEMS business
• ST announces its new generation 3-axis accelerometer in a single chip for battery operated devices
• Analog Devices and Infineon partner for next generation airbag systems
• SensorDynamics positions itself on the ESC market
• 3-axis accelerometers from Freescale and Analog Devices target consumer markets
• InvenSense introduces first dual-axis pitch and yaw gyroscope
• Microvision signs partnership with Corning for supply of green lasers

Application

• Some MEMS foundries still achieving 30% growth   

Finance

• EPCOS acquires silicon microphone business from Technitrol
• SVTC raises $34M from existing investors
• Axion Biosystems raises $1M
• DALSA reports Q1 results with record MEMS activity but overall revenue decline of 30%
• Dover reports strength in MEMS business with Knowles
• ST First Quarter 2009 comments on MEMS
• Caliper Life Sciences reports Q1’09 results with strong growth in its microfluidics business
• Calient Networks raises $5M

Company insider

• Micralyne sees 30% growth on biomedical and optical telecomm applications