Shipment value of the Taiwanese semiconductor industry reached US$28.72 billion in the first quarter of 2021, up by 3.7% sequentially and 30.9% year on year. This report discusses the key issues in major subsectors of the Taiwanese semiconductor industry including IC design, semiconductor manufacturing, and packaging and testing, which is also known as OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test); looks into the industry development in the first quarter of 2021 to forecast its development in the second quarter of 2021 and onwards.
Table of Contents
1.Smartwatch Market Analysis
1.1 Market Positioning: Targeting Healthcare/Sports/Children to Complement Services Provided by Smartphones
1.2 Global Shipments: 138.7 Million Units by 2025
1.2.1 Rising Health Awareness, Diversified Applications, and Declining Prices Drive Market Growth
1.3 Brands Market Share: Apple as Market Leader and Unipolar Superpower in a Multipolar Market
2.Trends in Smartwatches for Healthcare Applications
2.1 From Biometrics Monitoring to Specialized Medical Use
2.1.1 Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen: Detects Blood Volume and Concentration Changes with PPG; Heart Rate Monitoring is Mature due to Early Adoption
2.1.2 Heart Rhythm: Collects ECG Signals and Draws ECGs Using Electric Shock Pads; Develops AI Capable of Interpreting Various Waveforms
2.1.3 Pulse/Blood Pressure: Estimated from ECG and PPG Signals; Some Smartwatches Have Been Certified as Medical Products
2.1.4 Stress and Sleep: Analyzes Activation of Nervous Systems via HRV; Leading Vendors Trying to Improve Accuracy by Detecting Sweat Secretion
2.1.5 Blood Glucose: Non-invasive Blood Glucose Measurement as Leading Smartwatch Vendors’ Next Focus
2.1.6 Summary
3. Product Strategies of Three Leading Brands
3.1 Apple: Enhances Measurement Functions and Creates a Data-sharing Ecosystem to Increase User Loyalty
3.1.1 Next Phase: Blood Pressure Measurement and Longer Battery Life
3.1.2 Expands from Integration to Sharing of Health Data
3.2 Samsung: Develops Emerging Biometrics Applications and Increase Medical Use of Smartwatches
3.3 Google: Uses Smartwatches to Facilitate Medical Research and Aggressively Expands Wear OS Market Share
4. MIC Perspective
List of Figures
Figure 1. Market Positioning of Smartwatches
Figure 2. Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Volume and Growth Rate
Figure 3. Smartwatch Brands’ Market Share in 2021
Figure 4. Measurement of Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Using PPG
Figure 5 Measurement of Heart Rhythm using ECG
Figure 6. Measurement of Pulse Wave and Blood Pressure
Figure 7. Stress Measurement via EDA and Stress Relief Application
Figure 8. Evolution of Biometrics Modules in Apple Watch
Figure 9. Apple Health
Figure 10. Evolution of Biometrics Applications of Samsung’s Smartwatches
Figure 11. Google Wear OS Strategy
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Key Companies:
Table of Contents
1.Smartwatch Market Analysis
1.1 Market Positioning: Targeting Healthcare/Sports/Children to Complement Services Provided by Smartphones
1.2 Global Shipments: 138.7 Million Units by 2025
1.2.1 Rising Health Awareness, Diversified Applications, and Declining Prices Drive Market Growth
1.3 Brands Market Share: Apple as Market Leader and Unipolar Superpower in a Multipolar Market
2.Trends in Smartwatches for Healthcare Applications
2.1 From Biometrics Monitoring to Specialized Medical Use
2.1.1 Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen: Detects Blood Volume and Concentration Changes with PPG; Heart Rate Monitoring is Mature due to Early Adoption
2.1.2 Heart Rhythm: Collects ECG Signals and Draws ECGs Using Electric Shock Pads; Develops AI Capable of Interpreting Various Waveforms
2.1.3 Pulse/Blood Pressure: Estimated from ECG and PPG Signals; Some Smartwatches Have Been Certified as Medical Products
2.1.4 Stress and Sleep: Analyzes Activation of Nervous Systems via HRV; Leading Vendors Trying to Improve Accuracy by Detecting Sweat Secretion
2.1.5 Blood Glucose: Non-invasive Blood Glucose Measurement as Leading Smartwatch Vendors’ Next Focus
2.1.6 Summary
3. Product Strategies of Three Leading Brands
3.1 Apple: Enhances Measurement Functions and Creates a Data-sharing Ecosystem to Increase User Loyalty
3.1.1 Next Phase: Blood Pressure Measurement and Longer Battery Life
3.1.2 Expands from Integration to Sharing of Health Data
3.2 Samsung: Develops Emerging Biometrics Applications and Increase Medical Use of Smartwatches
3.3 Google: Uses Smartwatches to Facilitate Medical Research and Aggressively Expands Wear OS Market Share
List of Figures
Figure 1. Market Positioning of Smartwatches
Figure 2. Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Volume and Growth Rate
Figure 3. Smartwatch Brands’ Market Share in 2021
Figure 4. Measurement of Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Using PPG
Figure 5 Measurement of Heart Rhythm using ECG
Figure 6. Measurement of Pulse Wave and Blood Pressure
Figure 7. Stress Measurement via EDA and Stress Relief Application
Figure 8. Evolution of Biometrics Modules in Apple Watch
Figure 9. Apple Health
Figure 10. Evolution of Biometrics Applications of Samsung’s Smartwatches
Figure 11. Google Wear OS Strategy
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