Thursday, December 30, 2010

Medical electronics, dream and reality of the great divide? (1)

"Sometimes with money," referring to the medical device industry profits, Beijing taijie magneto-electronical Institute Director Wang Xiao-Qing told EEWORLD, in other areas have little value shijiyiyuan RMB single product, but there was in the field of medical devices.

The medical device industry profits, has long been an open secret. In the financial crisis, if you want to search on price and non-sensitive industry, the medical device industry. On the other sectors, it is the profit of the Arabian nights, where it became a reality. Seems to be overnight, medical device market became the chip manufacturers in the eyes of the fragrant momo, b-, blood-pressure, blood glucose meter suddenly became a high-tech fad, just before you think you've opened the medical industry and a gold mine, as everyone knows, the medical device manufacturers on the chip manufacturer's this crazy but am not siyi. Not the same as looking "95% of medical device manufacturers the chip is not only provides specialized medical chip manufacturers, when available," and Wang Xiao-Qing EEWORLD talking now chip manufacturers for the medical industry of fanaticism, he felt some incomprehensible. Beijing taijie magneto-electronical Institute is dedicated to the magnet and magnetic structure and other products for developing, manufacturing and services, as far as Wang, the Chinese year of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the market for nearly $ 2 billion RMB, the quantity is small, only about 400 units. Each magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), most of them are magnets, and other large parts, their daily contact with the most is the part of manufacturers, such as the level of power amplifier or coil manufacturers, thus requiring manufacturers to a specially crafted a chip's chance to almost zero. Of course, for shipments in a small market, chip manufacturers are not interested. Medical device industry and not all products have to be implemented by components, often also uses some chip-level product, but most are general industrial computer and microprocessor. These medical device manufacturers on their products very well, if you want to use a dedicated chip, chip manufacturers in General through the brief exchange can determine. If you have a chip manufacturers to talk about, medical devices Manufacturers Association: I pay what I get? use specialized custom chips, will bring many benefits? this chip manufacturers in the high-profile into the medical field, although the eyes of the equipment manufacturers, their understanding of the industry is only just beginning. "" But by virtue of the climb in the semiconductor field over many years to roll call's market smell, chip manufacturers to enter this field also is not ready. As early as the beginning of the attention, they will be focused on the medical devices in production, on-chip dependence of areas, including ultrasound, monitor, and blood glucose meter, and so far the most popular medical devices, and even some kind of prediction, in the near future, the doctor's pocket, "to the left to the right is the stethoscope, as b-scan". "In the medical industry, semiconductor solutions in market demand for greater product segments," Wang Xiao-Qing, medical device itself into the higher the threshold, if the quantity is not enough, some companies just been in the door. Some large companies, can make strategic investments that do some advanced, proactive development to meet the needs of the market, and some small companies, often in research and development, the registered wait due to funding and other reasons you cannot persist and closed down. Even if the amount is enough, you can proceed with the product design, and especially in chip manufacturers before the medical device industry standards is also a big challenge. Wang Xiao-Qing that chip manufacturers, a better model is: chip manufacturers to the market of certain specific applications, locate the Center provides total solutions for enterprises, to provide dedicated, even customized chips. This promotes a team of professional production enterprises, they do not need to do their own research and development, but more to an existing solution, chip, shell, etc., systems integration, product to market as quickly as possible.

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