WiMAX Chipset Market 2006-2012
According to In-Stat, the emerging WiMAX chipset market will be driven primarily by embedded Mobile WiMAX in mobile PCs through 2012. WiMAX Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), external clients and dual-mode cellular/WiMAX handsets will also help drive WiMAX chipset volumes through 2012. Major players in the user terminal chipset space in 2007 were Sequans, Intel, Beceem, [...]
Near Field Communication Semiconductors
According to an ABI Research report, Near Field Communication Semiconductors, more than 419 million NFC chipsets will ship in 2012. NFC chipset shipments and revenue will continue to grow steadily over the next five years. However, NFC revenue will be offset by declining unit ASPs. By 2012, NFC chipset ASP will decline to $0.97, for [...]
Nanomaterials and Markets 2006-2015
Electronics.ca Publications recently released a new report entitled "Nanomaterials and Markets 2006-2015." The new market research report reveals that the commercialization of new nanomaterials will open up new doors to possible opportunities for new business. The new report states that a healthy and conducive R&D environment is essential prelude for nanomaterials development over the next [...]
Semiconductor Chip Sales - November 2007
According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), worldwide sales of semiconductors in November grew to $23.1 billion, an increase of 2.3% over November 2006 and an increase of 0.7% from October of this year. Year-to-date sales of $231 billion are 2.8% ahead of the $225 billion in sales for the like period of 2006.
2006-2012 Worldwide Handset Semiconductor Forecast
According to In-Stat, semiconductor components in handsets are the largest semiconductor market in the world by volume, if not in total revenue. In 2007, total revenue from handset semiconductors will exceed $31 billion worldwide.
Handset semiconductors are produced in high volumes. As a result, there are very strong price pressures to keep prices low. Despite the [...]
Embedded Ethernet Applications Market
Ethernet semiconductor vendors will continue to reap benefits from existing fast Ethernet (FE) and gigabit Ethernet (GE) product lines during the 2007-2012 forecast period. However, the more attractive opportunity is the embedded Ethernet applications segment, particularly blade switching and storage networking. With a worldwide CAGR of 6.3% through 2011, this segment will encourage the long-awaited [...]
Linux in the Embedded Systems Market
According to Venture Development Corporation (VDC), a significant portion of embedded software and systems engineering teams continue to adopt Linux as their primary target operating system. VDC's research also suggests that this migration may be lasting, as the majority of current Linux users surveyed plan to use Linux again as their primary operating system on [...]
World Markets for Microcontrollers in Automotives
According to Frost & Sullivan, the proliferation of electronic content in automobiles aimed at reducing human errors as well as the growing number of automobile safety features such as additional radars, ultra sonic sensors, cameras, and automatic parking assistance are increasing demaind for microcontrollers. In addition, the introduction of multiplexing in the automotive industry has [...]
Discrete Power Semiconductors Grow in Automotive Market
According to Frost & Sullivan, discrete power semiconductors and microcontrollers will find significant opportunities in automotives as hybrid and electric vehicles gain popularity. End-user market expansion, increased automobile multiplexing, and wider application of vehicle integrated circuits (ICs) will likely sustain their growth. In their report, World Markets for Discrete Power Semiconductors in Automobiles, Frost & [...]
A Supercomputer the Size of a Laptop
In a paper (Ultra-compact, low RF power, 10 Gb/s silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator) published in the Optics Express journal, IBM researchers detailed a significant milestone in the quest to send information between multiple cores ("brains") on a chip using pulses of light through silicon, instead of electrical signals on wires. With this new technology, supercomputers could [...]
SEMI October 2007 Book-to-Bill Ratio
According to Semi, North American manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.23 billion in orders in October 2007 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.83. A book-to-bill of 0.83 means that $83 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
Below is the latest SEMI book-to-bill ratio, which is [...]
Q3 2007 Semiconductors Equipment Market
SEMI recently reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $11.13 billion in the third quarter of 2007. The billings figure is one percent greater than the second quarter of 2007 and about one percent greater than the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered from more than 150 global equipment companies that [...]
95 Million Ultra Mobile Devices to Ship
According to ABI Research, a new class of "always-on" Internet-connected products, collectively termed "Ultra-Mobile Devices" (UMDs), will become popular over the next five years. UMDs will reach shipments of nearly 95 million units by 2012, and should prove extremely profitable for their makers.
UMDs are of two types, Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs), which run Windows and [...]
BDTI Benchmarks for picoChip PC102 multicore-DSP
According to Berkeley Design Technology (BDTI) benchmarks, picoChip's PC102 multicore signal processing device has a 40-fold advantage in price-performance over traditional DSP processors solutions in key communications benchmarks, and 8-times higher absolute performance.
The BDTI Communications Benchmark (OFDM)(TM) shows that the PC102 picoArray(TM) can implement 14 benchmark channels in a single device running 160MHz. This represents [...]
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