Touch interface systems provide a number of advantages. The most obvious of them being is that the interface is a lot more human friendly than using a system with buttons and switches. Another key advantage is in the form of design for the engineers of various products and systems. Looking at the automotive sector for example, the dashboard of the vehicles is slowly transforming. An infotainment system is already available with a touch interface which wherein a number of functions can be utilized within a particular screen. Engineers are trying to integrate touch interface as much as possible for the automotive sector as this would bring down the cost in terms of integration of a number of components, as everything would eventually be available through a touch screen. Numerous consumer electronic devices have already integrated touch interfaces such as smartphones, music players, smart watches and so on. The total addressable market for touch controller ICs is every possible consumer electronic device that is made available in the market. Higher integration, greater sensitivity of these ICs will drive the growth for this market.
In terms of regional contribution, the APAC region is the highest contributor to the market and is expected to remain the highest contributor till well beyond the forecast period. Almost all of the device manufacturers are located in this region and will be responsible for the consumption of all the touch controller ICs during the forecast period.
Touch controller IC Market
The Touch controller IC Market can be segmented as
- On the basis of technology
ASIC, MCU, Custom Controllers, & Analogue Controllers
- In terms of product
Resistive, Capacitive, Optical, Infrared, In-Cell, & On-Cell
- In terms of application
Entertainment, Infotainment, Retail, Education, Medical, Banking, & Industrial and Others
- By Geography
North America, South America, APAC, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Following are just a few of the companies that are operating in the Touch controller IC market:
- 3m Touch Systems
- Analog Devices, Inc.,
- Atmel Corporation
- Broadcom Corporation
- Cirque Corporation
- Freescale Semiconductor
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