Based
on the broad acceptance of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), of which
smart lighting is a part, NanoMarkets has considerably upgraded its
long-term forecasts for smart lighting compared with a previous
report we issued in 2013.
Glen
Allen, Virginia (June 24, 2014) -- The market for LED drivers,
MCUs, sensors and other chips used in smart lighting will grow from
around $67 million in 2014 to $1.05 billion in 2019. This is
according to a new report from industry analyst firm NanoMarkets
titled, "The Markets for Smart Lighting Drivers,
Controllers and Sensor Chips - 2014." Based on the broad
acceptance of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), of which smart lighting
is a part, NanoMarkets has considerably upgraded its long-term
forecasts for smart lighting compared with a previous report we
issued in 2013.
For
more details about the report:
http://www.nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/the-markets-for-smart-lighting-drivers-controllers-and-sensor-chips-2014.
The
firm recently issued two separate reports on smart lighting markets
in a two volume series. See
http://www.nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/smart-lighting-markets-2014-v1-v2
for details.
About
the report:
The
report, "The Markets for Smart Lighting Drivers, Controllers and
Sensor Chips - 2014," provides insight into the market
opportunities available to the semiconductor industry as the result
of the current boom in smart lighting, which itself is part of the
transition to an IoT. Smart lighting provides users high levels of
energy efficiency, color tuning (mood enhancement) capabilities
and/or visible light communications.
The
report contains detailed eight-year market projections of seven major
smart lighting chip types in both revenue and volume terms.
Additional breakouts are provided by (1) the part of the lighting
system in which the chips are used and (2) the technology generation
of the system itself and (3) the type of building, vehicle or
location in which the smart lighting systems will be used.
Firms
mentioned in the report include: Acuity Brands, ARM, Atmel, Broadcom,
California Eastern Labs, Casio, Cavet, Cypress Semiconductor,
Daintree Networks, Digi, Dresden elektronik, Eastfield, Easylite,
Echoflex, Energy Automation Systems, EnOcean, Fifth Light,
FlexiPanel, Freescale, Leviton, IBSEN, Infineon, Intel, Leedarson,
Libellium, Lumenergi, Lumetric, Lutron, Luxim, Marvell, Masco,
Microchip Technology, MK Electric, MMB Research, Nivis, NXP,
OLEDCOMM, Omnio, Osram, Panasonic, Philips, Radiocrafts, Radios Inc.,
Renesas, RF Monolithics, Schneider Electric, Sena, Sharp, Siemens,
Silicon Labs, STMicroelectronics, Supreme Architecture, Sylvania,
Telegesis, Texas Instruments, Universal Lighting, and Zonoff.
From
the report:
The
LED lighting market is expected to expand rapidly and much of the
next-generation of LED lighting being deployed will be "smart."
We are seeing a growing interest in smart lighting by the chipmakers
as part of their refocusing on Internet-of-Things opportunities. New
types of intelligent LED drivers with embedded sensors and MCUs are
expected to emerge as a result. Sales of LED drivers for smart
lighting systems are expected to reach $525 million by 2019.
Despite
such growth, LED driver chips for energy efficient lighting will
commoditize quickly. It will become increasingly hard to make the
case for smart lighting on just efficiency grounds anymore. As a
result, NanoMarkets believes that chipmakers will then turn their
attention to color-tunable lighting for improved mood, health and job
performance. Here there is still considerable opportunity to
designing innovative chips enabling cool-to-warm adjustment and the
ability to cycle through a range of colors. Chips consumed by color
tuning smart lighting systems will reach almost $260 million by 2019.
Future light tuning chips for lighting systems will also be built
around a new generation of LED microarrays.
Standards
development for smart lighting-related wireless networking has
accelerated in the past year. Important new developments in this area
include the evolution of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to control
lighting using QR codes and the emergence of a Google protocol for
smart lighting networking that incorporates Ipv6. Meanwhile, ZigBee
light bulbs getting cheaper thanks to recent "smart lamp"
introductions from GE and possibly others. By 2019, the revenues
generated by smart lighting sensors are expected to exceed $220
million.
About
NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets
tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in solid-state
lighting, energy, electronics and other markets created by
developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader
in industry analysis and forecasts of this kind and has been covering
the smart lighting space for more than four years.
Visit
http://www.nanomarkets.net
for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
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Contact:
Robert
Nolan
NanoMarkets,
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BOX 3840
Glen
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(804)
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