BANGALORE, INDIA: Like cameras, Pico projector will soon be an essential component of smartphones. That's the gut feeling of Intersil's CEO and president David B Bell, who projects a huge increase in shipping units from 3M units in 2011 to 58M in 2015.

"Today, it is difficult to buy a smartphone that does not have a camera. Soon smartphones would come loaded with Pico projectors," says Bell.

Though the blue lasers failed to impress in terms of quality images, there has been a lot of advancement in native green lasers that enable projection of quality pictures from even smartphones, Bell said, adding that products with native green lasers have better quality.

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According to Bell, the development of green lasers would lead to a quiet revolution. The tiny laser projectors would find their way into all sorts of gadgets — including phones and tablet devices or any other handheld devices.
The CEO said that with advanced technology, Pico projectors have now proved capable of projecting videos continuously for about 2 hours, that too without consuming too much of battery power.

Promising that Intersil would provide complete Pico Projector Chipset solutions, Bell said he was highly optimistic about the growth of electronic components in the automobile industry.

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Today, an average car comes with electronics worth $240 and this is expected to increase to $400 in few years.
In the US, few states are already thinking of introducing a legislation to make rear camera and a monitor mandatory in cars. Such a move can be beneficial for electronics industry, he said.

Bell added that Intersil would continue to focus on its offering for automobiles like Li-lon multi-cell balancing and monitoring, start-stop systems power, LCD display processors, ambient light sensors and D2Audio premium sounds.

Top 10 growth drivers:

The CEO said Intersil has identified 10 growth drivers, including digital power management, Pico projectors, automotive, active cables, dense power conversion, optical sensors, audio, PC power management, security surveillance, and digital power modules.