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Market Analysis

Sony now owns half the image sensor market

The 2025 CMOS image sensor (CIS) competitive landscape confirms a stronger polarisation between Sony, Chinese suppliers, and the rest of the ecosystem, according to Yole Group’s analysts. Against this backdrop, Yole Group releases its latest report, Status of the CIS Industry 2026, which offers a comprehensive analysis of the market, technology, and ecosystem trends shaping

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Wafer fab equipment market on track to explode

Semiconductor equipment spending is entering a new growth cycle shaped by geopolitics, sovereignty strategies, and technology roadmaps, despite uneven end-market demand. Pressure on chipmaker profitability remains, with risks of overcapacity, fab redundancy, and low utilisation. However, WFE revenue is still expected to grow. Yole Group’s analysts announce a combination of market drivers, including higher equipment

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Advanced packaging: pricing power shifts as the market doubles

The advanced packaging market has entered a new cycle. The historical backend model is being replaced by a system-scaling model in which packaging determines AI-compute availability, memory bandwidth, power delivery, thermals, and system cost. Against this backdrop, Yole Group releases its latest report, Status of the Advanced Packaging Industry 2026, offering a comprehensive analysis of

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MEMS industry: AI drives a growth resurgence

As expected, 2025 was a better year for the MEMS industry than 2024, with global revenue exceeding $17 billion (+7.6% YoY). Yole Group’s analysts highlight data centres and humanoid robots as the next major growth drivers. Against this backdrop, the market research & strategy consulting company releases its latest report, Status of the MEMS Industry

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Back-end equipment: rewiring the supply chain

The semiconductor back-end equipment market enters 2026 in a stronger position, though growth is uneven across tool categories. As advanced packaging, HBM, and AI infrastructure capacity come online, customers are prioritising utilisation and yield improvement before launching another major investment cycle. Against this backdrop, Yole Group releases its latest report, Status of the Back-End Equipment

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Power electronics at a turning point

The global power electronics industry is entering a new phase. After years of rapid expansion fuelled by electrification and renewable energy, companies are now navigating a more complex environment shaped by overcapacity, pricing pressure, geopolitical tensions, and intensifying competition. Against this backdrop, Yole Group releases its latest report, Status of the Power Electronics Industry 2026,

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

AI redefines the optical transceiver market

Yole Group announces the release of its latest photonics report, Optical Transceivers for Datacom & Telecom 2026, providing a comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest-growing segments of digital infrastructure. The rise of artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the role of optical connectivity. What was once considered a supporting technology has become a critical enabler

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

AI-driven memory accelerates demand for equipment

China’s semiconductor equipment ecosystem is entering a pivotal phase. Driven by rising demand for AI computing, increasing memory requirements, and ongoing investments in domestic manufacturing capabilities, the market is moving from ambitious expansion plans to tangible equipment procurement. A major inflection point emerged in 2026 as China’s leading memory manufacturers accelerated their expansion strategies. CXMT’s

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Industry Insights Market Analysis

What’s driving the RF defence market toward $3Bn?

Yole Group announces the release of RF for Defense 2026, its first report dedicated entirely to radio-frequency technologies and devices used in defence applications. As defence spending increases worldwide and geopolitical tensions continue to reshape procurement priorities, RF technologies are becoming increasingly strategic across radar, EW, drones, and C-UAS. Yole Group’s latest report provides a

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Market Analysis

Metrology & inspection accelerate semiconductor innovation

As semiconductor devices become increasingly complex, metrology and inspection are evolving from manufacturing support functions into strategic enablers of semiconductor innovation. Driven by AI, advanced packaging, HBM, and next-generation architectures, process-control requirements are rising faster than ever across the industry. According to Yole Group’s analysis, the metrology & inspection equipment market reached more than $18

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