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Thematic Analysis
NewComponent Makers Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
The component makers sector continues to struggle in the face of some significant challenges. Demand is anemic in two major areas for components: smartphones and electric vehicles (EVs). Both areas require customer investment that is not forthcoming in the face of a credit crunch caused by interest rate rises. Marginal upgrades for mobile phones and EVs that are too expensive for most means limited demand. There is light at the end of the tunnel in the industrial sector, where demand...
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Innovation Ranking
NewInnovation Ranking – Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd (Murata) is an electronic component manufacturer. The company designs, manufactures, and supplies a range of advanced electronic materials, components, and multi-functional, high-density modules. Its product portfolio includes inductors, capacitors, resistors, thermistors, sensors, timing devices, couplers, filters, batteries, power and small energy devices, filters, and RF modules, among others. These products find applications in mobile phones, home appliances, automobiles, energy management systems, healthcare and lighting devices. It caters to a range of telecommunication, electronic, and electrical companies....
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Thematic Analysis
NewDigital Twins – Thematic Intelligence
Digital Twins Thematic Report Overview Digital twins are digital representations of physical assets, systems, people, or processes. They help in detecting, preventing, predicting, and optimizing the physical environment using artificial intelligence (AI), real-time analytics, visualization, and simulation tools. Digital twins can provide short and long-term efficiency and productivity gains by dynamically integrating data and information about an asset, part, process, or system’s lifecycle. They are a data resource that can improve asset design, understand an existing asset’s condition, verify the...
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Thematic Analysis
Cloud Computing – Thematic Intelligence
Cloud Computing Thematic Report Overview The cloud services sector competes to provide the best artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and services, partly catalyzed by the emergence of generative AI. AI is now central to the cloud services market, from developing custom chips and supporting workloads and providing the models and tools necessary to develop AI-enabled solutions. The Cloud Computing  thematic intelligence report provides an overview of the cloud computing theme. It identifies the key trends impacting the growth of the theme...
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Thematic Analysis
Frictionless Commerce – Thematic Intelligence
Frictionless Commerce Thematic Report Overview At present, consumers demand instant gratification, and frictionless commerce aims to provide it. Frictionless commerce was pioneered by Amazon. It uses technology to identify the shopper, recognize their chosen objects, and bill them after they leave the store. The Frictionless Commerce thematic intelligence report provides an overview of the current landscape, as well as key players making a mark within it. The report provides an industry-specific analysis based on GlobalData databases and surveys, along with...
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Thematic Analysis
Internet of Things (IoT) – Thematic Intelligence
Internet of Things (IoT) Thematic Report Overview The IoT describes the use of connected sensors and actuators to control and monitor the environment, the things that move within it, and the people that act within it. IoT is a relatively mature market, yet significant innovationsare being madein embedding AI into IoT devices, software, and services to support automated operations and predictive maintenance. However, the combination of a fragmented security standards landscape and the weak security of many IoT devices could...
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Thematic Analysis
Batteries – Thematic Intelligence
Explore the following trends and insights from the ‘Batteries’ thematic report: Synopsis of the batteries theme and understand its progress over the past decade. Key trends impacting the growth of the theme over the next 12 to 24 months, namely, technology trends, macroeconomic trends, and regulatory trends. Multiple data sets, including patents and M&A trends, to set smart business goals. The report also provides a timeline highlighting milestones in the development of the batteries. Core segments of the value chain, including...