This year, the Asian manufacturers will compete for orders for release fingerprint scanners for mobile devices.
According to the publication, last year a total of 45.7 million smartphones sold equipped with fingerprint scanners. And by 2017, is expected to amount of shipped devices with sensors Fingerprinting will increase to 525 million units. In this regard, many producers expressed interest to the sensors identify users papillary drawing fingers.
The three leading developers of fingerprint sensors in the face of AuthenTec, Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) and Validity join companies like Egis Technology (EgisTec), Goodix Technology, FocalTech Systems, MoreDNA Technology and Image Match Design. In addition, during the second half of this year release its own fingerprint scanners for mobile devices is going to do and Foodix - a subsidiary of MediaTek.
Publishing sources say that now many Taiwanese manufacturers have high hopes for Chinese companies from which expect to receive large orders for the production of fingerprint scanners for entry-level smartphones and middle class.