In recent years, the IoT device market has been the main market for connectors , including ultra-mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and personal navigators. Especially in the low-cost smart phone segment market, Chinese mobile phone manufacturers' shipments will further increase significantly and require more functionality to be placed in increasingly compact devices while achieving faster time to market.
On the other hand, as the demand for plug-in electric vehicles worldwide has maintained steady growth in recent years, people have paid more and more attention to the built-in connectivity of devices in such harsh environments. The electric / hybrid vehicle (EV / HEV) connector scheme came into being. In addition, the growth potential of the new energy market cannot be underestimated. Although the current development of renewable energy based on solar energy and wind energy is still limited, in the next few years, with the increase of government policy incentives around the world, this A market will usher in a booming stage, and more connector manufacturers will begin to look for new business opportunities in this dynamic and challenging market.
From the perspective of application requirements, it has become a mainstream trend in the electronics manufacturing industry to reduce the package size of the device as much as possible. In particular, the lightweight and multifunctional features of portable networked electronic devices have forced the development of connector products. It is also facing a severe test. The focus of market demand is on how to achieve effective connection and external interconnection in a limited space. In some specific applications, traditional I / O input and output connectors have become market competition. Focus on one. For example, the Lightning connector announced by Apple and the I / O interface connectors with higher signal density and higher transmission bandwidth developed for some high-end data centers and server farms have become the current products in the connector industry. Develop the latest weathervane.