Results from a new service published by IMS Research (Wellingborough, UK) indicate a strong first quarter performance for the industrial automation electronics equipment market in 2010, after a revenue decline of more than 14% in 2009. The second half of 2009 showed substantial quarter-on-quarter growth for automation specialists, thus beginning a gradual recovery for the market.
In spite of general negative sentiment among many vendors in this space, IMS Research predicts strong growth for most automation equipment in 2010 and 2011. First quarter 2010 growth will likely have been 25% over that of first quarter 2009, during which all regional markets experienced the highest declines. Robust order books developed through both restocking efforts and new orders are expected to lead to a similarly strong second quarter in 2010. Based on a healthy anticipated first half of 2010, even a flat second half will result in close to double-digit revenue growth for most product areas.
Adrian Lloyd, IMS Research Executive Vice President, a co-author of this report, said “This is the first time we’ve consolidated top-level findings from our entire automation portfolio into a single report. It’s quite astounding to see the size of collective revenues accounted for by this market. Not only have we consolidated key data from our own primary research, but also we have compared the results against indices generated from aggregates of quarterly filings of major, publicly-owned industrial electronic vendors. The two sets of data correlate very well, and have generated very interesting findings.”
After several years of rapid expansion accompanied by double-digit growth rates, the motors and motor controls markets were battered by the economic downturn. However, these markets are poised for a substantial recovery in 2010, with a return to double-digit growth in areas such as AC induction motors, DC brushless motors, motion control equipment, and AC & DC drives projected to help lift overall market growth to more than 8% in 2010.
Automation equipment markets, such as PLCs, IPCs, and I/O modules rely heavily on machinery production growth, unlike the motors and motor controls market, which also benefits from a large retrofit business. Following an unprecedented contraction of nearly 20% during 2009, IMS Research projects machinery production will enjoy moderate growth in 2010, providing the platform for automation equipment revenues to grow by 7.6% during the same period. The global automation equipment market was estimated to be worth $40.9 billion in 2009, nearly 55% of the total industrial automation electronics equipment market.
Although most product markets will experience positive growth in 2010, project-based equipment markets are anticipated to recover more slowly than the other equipment markets. Equipment dependent on Greenfield and Brownfield projects tend to have longer lead-times, and therefore lag the general economy. Most project-based business equipment, such as medium voltage motors and drives, and DCS enjoyed growth in 2009 while all other equipment markets contracted. Thus, in effect, the impact of the recent recession is projected to be felt more profoundly during 2010 in these areas.
Additional findings of the report include:
· During the economic downturn the market for industrial automation electronics equipment was estimated to have declined 14.3% in terms of revenues, from $87.4 billion in 2008 to $74.9 billion in 2009, a decrease of $12.5 billion.
· The low voltage AC and DC drives market, estimated to be worth $8.6 billion in 2009, managed to outperform the low voltage induction motors market, thanks in part to the energy efficiency benefits that drives provide through retrofitting.
· The market for PLCs and I/O modules are tied closely to new machinery and, as a result, experienced significant declines during 2009; however both are predicted to see double digit growth in 2010.
· Sales in Asia Pacific were buffered by China’s GDP, which remained positive during 2009. Following the region’s strong early recovery from the downturn, it is predicted to grow by 9.6% in 2010, and is forecast to become the largest regional market for industrial automation electronics equipment by 2011.
An emphasis in this study has been given to the structure of the industrial automation electronics equipment market. Market share estimates based on 2008 revenues include revenue for industrial automation electrical hardware only, excluding any additional revenues generated through software and services or by any mechanical solution. Additional estimates for both motors & controls and automation equipment by region were also produced as part of the study.
http://www.optoiq.com/index/machine-vision-imaging-processing/display/vsd-article-display/2067770420/articles/optoiq2/machine-vision___image/applications-__markets/factory-automation/2010/5/IMS-says-industrial-automation-electronics-equipment-market-to-exceed-expectations-in-2010.html
Friday, May 21, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
47th Design Automation Conference Announces DAC Pavilion Lineup
LOUISVILLE, Colo., Apr 26, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The 47th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to electronic design and design automation, today announced its DAC Pavilion program, featuring 17 sessions spanning a broad range of topics. Complementing the more in-depth DAC technical conference program, the DAC Pavilion program is comprised of 45- or 60-minute sessions hosted on the exhibit floor so that attendees can conveniently attend and gain a good understanding of key industry trends and issues.
This year's DAC Pavilion program kicks off on Monday, June 14th at 9:15am, with presentations and interviews by notables such as Gary Smith, GarysmithEDA ("Gary Smith on EDA: Trends and What's Hot at DAC"), Jim Hogan, Vista Ventures ("Hogan's Heroes: What Design and Lithography Nightmares will 22nm Bring?") and Lucio Lanza, Lanza Tech Ventures ("Lucio's Litmus Test: Is Your Start-Up Ready for the 21stCentury?"). Also featured are Peggy Aycinena's interview with the winner of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Design Automation Award, a discussion with Phil Kaufman Award winners, Prof. Randy Bryant and Dr. Phil Moorby, about the impact of commercialization of their inventions, and Kathryn Kranen's interview with a group of high school students about their tech gadget preferences and what they expect to be using in two to three years. An expanded number of user panels have been added to the program. In addition, a new category -- "Everyone Loves Product Teardowns" -- has been added to the lineup. On Tuesday and Wednesday at 1:30pm, live teardowns, sponsored by semiconductor IP provider Virage Logic, will start the afternoon program.
Other highlights of the DAC Pavilion program include a panel on the industry's career and job market outlook in 2010; and panels on topics such as outsourcing challenges, analog interoperability, SoC verification, multi-core multi-OS applications, the latest SPICE flavors, IP commercialization, SoC design at 28nm and beyond, and FPGA business opportunities.
"The DAC Pavilion program offers attendees an informative overview of both the business trends and technology advances and developments that are shaping today's electronics design," said Yatin Trivedi, DAC Pavilion Panels Subcommittee Chair. "With an impressive lineup of panels, presentations, interviews, and product teardowns, I'm confident that attendees will walk away with new insights and valuable information that will help them in their quest to bring continuous innovation to the global electronics market."
The 47th DAC takes place from June 13-18, 2010, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. The DAC Pavilion program takes place in Booth #694 on the convention floor. See the full DAC Pavilion program schedule at www.dac.com.
About DAC
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, and for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and silicon solutions. A diverse worldwide community representing more than 1,000 organizations attends each year, represented by system designers and architects, logic and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers and executives to researchers and academicians from leading universities. Close to 60 technical sessions selected by a committee of electronic design experts offer information on recent developments and trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and technologies. A highlight of DAC is its Exhibition and Suite area with approximately 200 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, IP and design services providers. The conference is sponsored by the Association of Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA), the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium), and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA).
The Design Automation Conference acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/47th-design-automation-conference-announces-dac-pavilion-lineup-2010-04-26?reflink=MW_news_stmp
This year's DAC Pavilion program kicks off on Monday, June 14th at 9:15am, with presentations and interviews by notables such as Gary Smith, GarysmithEDA ("Gary Smith on EDA: Trends and What's Hot at DAC"), Jim Hogan, Vista Ventures ("Hogan's Heroes: What Design and Lithography Nightmares will 22nm Bring?") and Lucio Lanza, Lanza Tech Ventures ("Lucio's Litmus Test: Is Your Start-Up Ready for the 21stCentury?"). Also featured are Peggy Aycinena's interview with the winner of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Design Automation Award, a discussion with Phil Kaufman Award winners, Prof. Randy Bryant and Dr. Phil Moorby, about the impact of commercialization of their inventions, and Kathryn Kranen's interview with a group of high school students about their tech gadget preferences and what they expect to be using in two to three years. An expanded number of user panels have been added to the program. In addition, a new category -- "Everyone Loves Product Teardowns" -- has been added to the lineup. On Tuesday and Wednesday at 1:30pm, live teardowns, sponsored by semiconductor IP provider Virage Logic, will start the afternoon program.
Other highlights of the DAC Pavilion program include a panel on the industry's career and job market outlook in 2010; and panels on topics such as outsourcing challenges, analog interoperability, SoC verification, multi-core multi-OS applications, the latest SPICE flavors, IP commercialization, SoC design at 28nm and beyond, and FPGA business opportunities.
"The DAC Pavilion program offers attendees an informative overview of both the business trends and technology advances and developments that are shaping today's electronics design," said Yatin Trivedi, DAC Pavilion Panels Subcommittee Chair. "With an impressive lineup of panels, presentations, interviews, and product teardowns, I'm confident that attendees will walk away with new insights and valuable information that will help them in their quest to bring continuous innovation to the global electronics market."
The 47th DAC takes place from June 13-18, 2010, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. The DAC Pavilion program takes place in Booth #694 on the convention floor. See the full DAC Pavilion program schedule at www.dac.com.
About DAC
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, and for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and silicon solutions. A diverse worldwide community representing more than 1,000 organizations attends each year, represented by system designers and architects, logic and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers and executives to researchers and academicians from leading universities. Close to 60 technical sessions selected by a committee of electronic design experts offer information on recent developments and trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and technologies. A highlight of DAC is its Exhibition and Suite area with approximately 200 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, IP and design services providers. The conference is sponsored by the Association of Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA), the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium), and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA).
The Design Automation Conference acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/47th-design-automation-conference-announces-dac-pavilion-lineup-2010-04-26?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Magma Design Automation to hire more, 5 products in pipeline
US headquartered Magma Design Automation, provider of chip deisgn software, said that it had five additional products in the pipeline and was looking at increasing its head count by hiring 40-50 persons globally next fiscal starting May.
"We will be hiring 40-50 persons next fiscal", Rajeev Madhavan, CEO and Chairman of the Board told PTI.
The firm currently has 700 headcount globally with 200 in India spread over three cities -- Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi.
It has also recently announced appointment of Alok Mehrotra, as Managing Director, Magma India.
Magma Design Automation develops software for electronic design automation (EDA), enabling integrated circuit designers to meet critical time-to-market objectives, improve chip performance and handle multimillion-gate designs.
Magma's EDA software was used to create complex, high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic applications, he said.
Coming out of the recession, the firm was now looking at launching new products that would enable to do more with less people. "We are building in and getting confident about our technology", he said.
"The last three-four quarters have been good for us. We are bullish and we are keen in getting our differentiated tools out", he said.
With the changing scenario in India, he said it was now imperative not to have products just launched in the US but to have launches from here to ensure deployment and adoption.
"We are planning to have India as a launch pad for new things", he said.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/Magma-Design-Automation-to-hire-more-5-products-in-pipeline/articleshow/5773696.cms
"We will be hiring 40-50 persons next fiscal", Rajeev Madhavan, CEO and Chairman of the Board told PTI.
The firm currently has 700 headcount globally with 200 in India spread over three cities -- Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi.
It has also recently announced appointment of Alok Mehrotra, as Managing Director, Magma India.
Magma Design Automation develops software for electronic design automation (EDA), enabling integrated circuit designers to meet critical time-to-market objectives, improve chip performance and handle multimillion-gate designs.
Magma's EDA software was used to create complex, high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic applications, he said.
Coming out of the recession, the firm was now looking at launching new products that would enable to do more with less people. "We are building in and getting confident about our technology", he said.
"The last three-four quarters have been good for us. We are bullish and we are keen in getting our differentiated tools out", he said.
With the changing scenario in India, he said it was now imperative not to have products just launched in the US but to have launches from here to ensure deployment and adoption.
"We are planning to have India as a launch pad for new things", he said.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/Magma-Design-Automation-to-hire-more-5-products-in-pipeline/articleshow/5773696.cms
Monday, March 15, 2010
NEC Electronics America Announces Sample Shipments of Four New Single-Chip IO-Link Solutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Mar 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NEC Electronics America, Inc. today announced the availability of four new single-chip IO-Link solutions for IO-Link slave applications. The new IO-Link solutions combine NEC Electronics' All Flash(TM) 78K0R 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) and an IO-Link transceiver with an integrated IO-Link slave protocol stack in a single package. The MCUs come in four flash memory sizes: the uPD78F8040 MCU with 32 kilobytes (KB), uPD78F8041 MCU with 64 KB, uPD78F8042 MCU with 96 KB, and uPD78F8043 MCU with 128 KB of flash memory.
IO-Link is an industrial standard ideal for industrial automation systems that enables intelligent communication between sensors/actuators and the host devices at the control level. By adopting NEC Electronics' new products, IO-Link system designers can easily implement communications and control of sensors/actuators to realize IO-Link slave applications. One key advantage of using the IO-Link slave protocol stack offered with NEC Electronics' solutions is that minor upgrades can be included if the IO-Link specification is enhanced, significantly reducing development time and effort. Alternatively, designers can opt to develop and maintain their own software stacks. The NEC Electronics IO-Link MCU/transceiver solution integrates significant analog components that enable system designers to eliminate additional external components and develop a complete IO-Link slave product at low cost.
NEC Electronics' IO-Link MCU/transceiver solution comes in an 8 millimeter (mm) x 8mm 56-pin QFN package making it easy to switch to a larger memory if more software is needed. The different memory sizes allow developers to use a common circuit-board layout for multiple designs even though different amounts of software may be required. For example, a 32KB device can easily be replaced by a 128KB device without having to redesign the PCB.
The IO-Link market is now beginning to show real promise, and NEC Electronics is working with several companies that are adopting IO-Link solutions, some of whom are already engaged in development projects. NEC Electronics is well placed to enable system designers to quickly and easily achieve differentiated designs using NEC Electronics' single-chip IO-Link solution.
Pricing and Availability
Samples of NEC Electronics' new single-chip IO-Link solutions are available now, and distribution suggested resale pricing begins at $6.70 in volumes of 10,000 for the 32KB flash version. Mass production of the new devices is slated to begin in April 2010. (Pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.)
More information about NEC Electronics' solutions for the industrial automation market can be found at http://www.am.necel.com/iolink.
About NEC Electronics America, Inc.
NEC Electronics America, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Electronics Corporation (TOKYO:6723), a leading provider of semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the broadband and communications markets; system solutions for the mobile, PC, automotive and digital consumer markets; and multi-market solutions for a wide range of consumer applications. NEC Electronics America offers local manufacturing in Roseville, California, and the global manufacturing capabilities of its parent company. In the Americas, NEC Electronics America markets and sells industrial-type active-matrix LCD modules from NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., a global leader in innovative display technologies. More information about the products offered by NEC Electronics America can be found at http://www.am.necel.com.
All Flash is a trademark or registered trademark of NEC Electronics in Japan, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Germany and China. NEC Electronics is a registered trademark or trademark of NEC Corporation. All other marks are property of their respective owners.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nec-electronics-america-announces-sample-shipments-of-four-new-single-chip-io-link-solutions-2010-03-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp
IO-Link is an industrial standard ideal for industrial automation systems that enables intelligent communication between sensors/actuators and the host devices at the control level. By adopting NEC Electronics' new products, IO-Link system designers can easily implement communications and control of sensors/actuators to realize IO-Link slave applications. One key advantage of using the IO-Link slave protocol stack offered with NEC Electronics' solutions is that minor upgrades can be included if the IO-Link specification is enhanced, significantly reducing development time and effort. Alternatively, designers can opt to develop and maintain their own software stacks. The NEC Electronics IO-Link MCU/transceiver solution integrates significant analog components that enable system designers to eliminate additional external components and develop a complete IO-Link slave product at low cost.
NEC Electronics' IO-Link MCU/transceiver solution comes in an 8 millimeter (mm) x 8mm 56-pin QFN package making it easy to switch to a larger memory if more software is needed. The different memory sizes allow developers to use a common circuit-board layout for multiple designs even though different amounts of software may be required. For example, a 32KB device can easily be replaced by a 128KB device without having to redesign the PCB.
The IO-Link market is now beginning to show real promise, and NEC Electronics is working with several companies that are adopting IO-Link solutions, some of whom are already engaged in development projects. NEC Electronics is well placed to enable system designers to quickly and easily achieve differentiated designs using NEC Electronics' single-chip IO-Link solution.
Pricing and Availability
Samples of NEC Electronics' new single-chip IO-Link solutions are available now, and distribution suggested resale pricing begins at $6.70 in volumes of 10,000 for the 32KB flash version. Mass production of the new devices is slated to begin in April 2010. (Pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.)
More information about NEC Electronics' solutions for the industrial automation market can be found at http://www.am.necel.com/iolink.
About NEC Electronics America, Inc.
NEC Electronics America, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Electronics Corporation (TOKYO:6723), a leading provider of semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the broadband and communications markets; system solutions for the mobile, PC, automotive and digital consumer markets; and multi-market solutions for a wide range of consumer applications. NEC Electronics America offers local manufacturing in Roseville, California, and the global manufacturing capabilities of its parent company. In the Americas, NEC Electronics America markets and sells industrial-type active-matrix LCD modules from NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., a global leader in innovative display technologies. More information about the products offered by NEC Electronics America can be found at http://www.am.necel.com.
All Flash is a trademark or registered trademark of NEC Electronics in Japan, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Germany and China. NEC Electronics is a registered trademark or trademark of NEC Corporation. All other marks are property of their respective owners.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nec-electronics-america-announces-sample-shipments-of-four-new-single-chip-io-link-solutions-2010-03-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp
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