The larger 200mm MEMS wafer size will allow DALSA to increase its production capacity and meet the growing demand from its customers to manufacture next generation MEMS chips that feature increased functionality, smaller package sizes, and lower costs. The increase in demand for MEMS accelerometers, gyros, microphones, and radio frequency devices is being driven largely by the explosive growth in consumer electronics devices including cell phones, PDAs, and game controllers.

January 8, 2009: Nanotechnology was incorporated into more than $60 billion in manufactured goods in 2008. By 2014, the market will grow to $2.6 trillion. By 2011, over $15 billion in nano-enabled drugs and therapeutics will be sold–up from more than $3 billion in 2006. And industry experts project that nanotechnology will be incorporated into $20 billion worth of consumer food products by 2010.