The rapid rise of smart sensors

With the increase of data volume, smart sensors with integrated processors will become an important direction for future development. According to market research firm Transparency Market Research, sales of such smart sensors may increase at an annual rate of 10%, and by 2018 it is expected to reach $6.9 billion.

Unlike traditional “dumb” processors that simply collect data and send it to a central server for analysis, smart sensors with integrated processors will be more powerful and smart. These devices can not only monitor the quality of information, but also develop advanced Calculations provide the foundation for more applications in the future.

“I think this will be a huge market, and all sensors will operate in this mode,” said Kris Pister, Linear Corporation’s CTO. “Mobile phones and applications are a good analogy. 10 years ago, No one knows what the application is."

"It is the basis for smart cities, smart buildings, and smart water applications," said Susan Eustis, a market research firm WinterGreenResearch. "It can create the Internet of Things and achieve incredible growth rates."

It is reported that there are already many mainstream IT vendors entering the smart sensor market. The new sensor products based on 32-bit ARM technology will be fully put into production by Linear Technology, and companies such as IBM, Freescale, Qualcomm, SilverSpringNetwork, Sensus, and Streetline It is also designing more powerful processors and sensors.

The rapid rise of smart sensors stems from the great demand for information classification. "We swim in the sensor's ocean and are flooded with massive data," said Dharmendra Modha, IBM's research group. "The rapid growth of sensor data has resulted in a tremendous increase in our ability to use data. Limits.” The new smart sensor can quickly distinguish important data from useless information before sending it to a central server.

At the same time, in order to be better applied to various types of terminal products, the volume of smart sensors is also shrinking, and even some are like needles. For the future development of smart sensors, WinterGreen has given a promising forecast: smart sensors with integrated processors will reach 2.8 trillion in 2019, far higher than the 65 million in 2013.