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GVR: It is expected that the global image sensor market will grow steadily until 2020The latest Research report released by the US market research company Grand View Research(hereinafter referred to as "GVR") shows that the global image sensor market is expected to grow steadily at a rate of 6.7% from 2014 to 2020. The report states that the global market size of image sensors is expected to reach 12.028 billion US dollars by 2020. Image sensors are mainly applied in photo-taking mobile phones and tablet computers. As the demand for such products gradually increases, the image sensor market will maintain rapid development. In the coming years, the demand for image sensors in industrial, automotive and medical applications will also rise significantly. As people's attention to minimally invasive surgery increases, medical applications will also rapidly drive the market growth of image sensors. The development of Backside Illumination technology also helps to increase the demand for CMOS image sensors. However, the unit price of image sensors is expected to continue to decline. Due to issues such as high power consumption, CCD image sensors will further shrink in the global market. The report "Image Sensors Market Analysis And Segment Forecasts To 2020" has been made public to GVR users. Further research on the report reveals: The global shipment volume of image sensors was 1.798 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach 3.009 billion in 2020, with a compound annual growth rate of 6.7% from 2014 to 2020. CMOS image sensors have many advantages over CCD devices, including image quality. Since 2012, the shipment volume of CMOS image sensors has accounted for 83.2% of the total market, and it is expected that the compound annual growth rate from 2014 to 2020 will be 4.4%. From 2014 to 2020, the shipment volume of image sensors in medical applications is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.2%, making it the fastest-growing application area. The Asia-Pacific region will become the largest and fastest-growing market for image sensors. The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 35.9% of global shipments in 2012 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.4% from 2014 to 2020. This is mainly attributed to the large demand for consumer electronics in the Asia-Pacific region. Apart from smart phones, the number of first-time buyers of products such as point-and-shoot cameras and digital single-lens reflex cameras is also considerable, which will greatly increase the demand for image sensors. The world's major sensor suppliers include SONY, Aptina Imaging, OmniVision, Canon, STMicroelectronics, Teledyne DALSA and Samsung Electronics, etc. The following chart shows the sales statistics of CMOS image sensors in various application fields worldwide in 2013:
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