Taiwan chip maker TSMC thinks that the next big thing will be motion sensing chops and are apparently all fighting to get their own into the shops.

A spokesman said that the market for Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices could reach $7.3 billion this year and $11 billion by 2011.
The chips use gyroscopes and accelerometers, which detect magnitude and direction of acceleration.

Currently STMicroelectronics is the biggest supplier and it supplies Apple and Nintendo, Freescale, Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard.
TSMC, which has started making MEMS chips for Analog Devices, sat on the sidelines for several years but now with the iphone using motion sensing it seems to think there is a significant market.

Now it believes the business could make up 10% of its total sales this year, with the ratio growing to 20% in the next 2-3 years.
UMC is also rumored to preparing to supply similar chips later this year X

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