InvenSense Motion Interface Developers Conference

          The 2012 InvenSense Motion Interface Developers Conference will bring together System OEM’s, Ecosystem Partners, Application Developers, and Industry Analysts to learn about the technologies, market and future applications for Motion Interface in smartphones, tablets, and health and sports monitoring.The market for Motion Interface technologies, including gyroscopes, accelerometers and magnetometers, is [...]

Guide to MEMS at SEMICON West 2012

Here’s our annual guide for navigating the MEMS events at SEMICON West, July 10-12 at Moscone Center in San Francisco: TUESDAY, July 10, 10:30am-3:30pm Taking MEMS to the Next Level: Transitioning to a Profitable High-Volume Business Presented in cooperation with MIG We’ve expanded the MEMS program to all day this year, and invited speakers from [...]

Karen’s blog – Why You MUST attend M2M Forum 2012

By Karen Lightman, Managing Director, MEMS Industry Group You must attend M2M Forum 2012 May 8-9 in Pittsburgh. If you are involved in MEMS in any way as a manufacturer, end-user/OEM, equipment or materials supplier, designer, or integrator – you HAVE to be here for M2M Forum this year when we uncover the HOLY GRAIL [...]

Carnegie Mellon University Plays Host to MEMS Industry Group with Microsystems’ Lab Tours

Global MEMS companies to see what Carnegie Mellon researchers are doing with ‘miniature machines’ PITTSBURGH, Apr 25, 2012 — MEMS Industry Group (MIG) is bringing the global micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) supply chain to Pittsburgh for its annual meeting, giving leading MEMS suppliers an opportunity to tour Carnegie Mellon’s microsystems labs on May 8. Having launched [...]

MEMS Industry Group and BSAC form partnership

MEMS Industry Group “MIG”, the leading trade association advancing MEMS across global markets and the  NSF-chartered Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center* “BSAC”, the premier university-based MEMS fundamental research center, have begun formal collaboration  to bring people and information together to advance knowledge that helps understanding of and mitigation of the barriers that prevent the greater commercial use of MEMS [...]

Could operational fabs for sale fill the MEMS capacity gap?

By Barney Silver, Senior Vice President & Principal, ATREG, Inc. IHS iSuppli reports that the aggregate MEMS market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.5% between 2010 and 2015, with current predictions of 22% CAGR for consumer and mobile products alone (from $1.5 billion in 2010 to $4.4 billion [...]

Speaking Opportunity: iNEMI MEMS Workshop

iNEMI will be holding a MEMS workshop (MEMS; Driving Next Level Results Through Collaboration) in Pittsburgh on May 10th, 2012, the day after MIG’s M2M Forum. We are hoping that you will join us and that you will accept an invitation to be a speaker at this key event. The meeting announcement that reviews the [...]

Karen’s blog from Smart Systems Integration 2012

By Karen Lightman, Managing Director, MEMS Industry Group It was definitely a mix of adrenaline and my LOVE of MEMS Industry Group (MIG) that kept me going as I chaired and hosted the US MEMS Session on day one of SSI; because I was definitely tired after the previous day’s successful MEMS Executive Congress Europe. [...]

MEMS Sensors Driving Smart Automotive

By Karen Lightman, Managing Director, MEMS Industry Group Originally posted on DesignNews Rapid advances in intelligent automotive systems were showcased during the first European edition of the MEMS Executive Congress. Such systems can tell whether a child is in the street and enable the car to avoid impact. MEMS can ensure that a driver is [...]

Degrees of freedom vs. axes

By Michael Stanley Originally posted on Freescale’s The Embedded Beat Blog No, the title does not refer to the forces of good versus those of evil. Nor am I referring to my stance when chopping firewood with an axe. Instead, let’s see if we can straighten out some of the terminology that you’ll hear when [...]