LONDON -- The significance of demand for Apple's iPhone andiPad products for the electronic components market is phenomenal.
STMicroelectronics was the leading producer of both MEMSgyroscopes and MEMS accelerometers in 2011, according to IHS-iSuppli (ElSegundo, Calif). The market research firm asserts that ST is the sole supplierof gyroscopes and accelerometers for the iPhone and iPad, and that Appleaccounted for half of ST's MEMS business in 2011.
The total market for MEMS gyroscopes was $655.4 million in2011, up 66% from $394.5 million in 2010 and exceeding accelerometer sales,according to IHS-iSuppli.
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