STMicroelectronics Interprets the Development Trends and Blueprints of the Sensor Market in 2019

"The demand for silicon-based sensors continues to grow rapidly across a wide range of applications. In automobiles, they are key to the navigation and safety of autonomous vehicles. In industrial applications, they are used to monitor and track a variety of assets. And in personal electronics, they can deliver an excellent user experience," said Andrea Onetti, Vice President of the Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group and General Manager of MEMS Sensors Product Division at STMicroelectronics (ST), recently at the 2019 MSIG Forum on Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things.

Onetti believes that with the demand for intelligence, more and more data will be generated. Many companies regard data as an asset, and to truly obtain data, it is necessary to collect data first, and collect higher-quality data at the same time. High-quality data collection is achieved through high-precision sensors at the node end, and higher-quality data means better AI input, resulting in reduced data processing requirements. Sensor accuracy can be achieved through calibration procedures, a step that qualifies individual components to meet the needs of different applications. The continuous development of technology has made it possible to achieve breakthrough reductions in the time and cost of these calibration procedures, making them more economical for the entire system compared with similar sensor components manufactured using different technologies.

At the concurrent media press conference, Onetti and Wu Weidong, Senior Director of the AMS Division of STMicroelectronics for Asia Pacific, elaborated on the future development direction of ST and the entire MEMS sensor industry from multiple perspectives including the product characteristics, market strategy and development of ST's MEMS products.