ABI Research Reports on Bluetooth Chips
ABI Research forecasts that by 2011 there will be over 146 million ICs that combine host processor and Bluetooth functionality, while Bluetooth/Wi-Fi and Bluetooth/UWB combination ICs are likely to see 61 million and 59 million IC shipments in 2011 respectively.
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, [...]
Freescale Targets Mobile Internet Devices
Freescale Semiconductor is developing a high-performance audio and power management solution for Intel-based MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). The highly integrated chipset is designed to efficiently manage power, enabling smaller form factors and longer battery life. The audio and power management chipset will be manufactured on Freescale's advanced SMARTMOS(tm) technology, a high-voltage CMOS-based process that enables [...]
Synkro Protocol RF Entertainment Control Specification
Freescale Semiconductor is offering its Synkro Protocol RF entertainment control network technology as an open industry specification to leading consumer electronics manufacturers. Freescale plans to make the Synkro protocol broadly available to the industry through an open and global standards forum designed to enable wide adoption of the technology. The standards forum and entertainment control [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Android Developer Challenge
In case you missed it, Google recently announced the Android Developer Challenge. The contest will provide $10 million in prizes for building mobile applications on the Android platform. The Challenge will award cash prizes (ranging from $25,000 to $275,000) to developers whose applications are picked by a panel of judges.
The $10 million total in the [...]
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 [...]
Making Things Talk
Recently, I was sent a copy of Tom Igoe's book, "Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects." It's a book about building devices that talk to each other. Through a series of simple projects, readers will learn how to get their projects to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices [...]
WiMAX Deploys Worldwide
According to ABI Research, mobile operators and other service providers are planning mobile WiMAX networks all over the world, mainly in the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands. ABI Research forecasts substantial numbers of WiMAX subscribers worldwide: more than 95 million using CPE devices by 2012, and almost 200 million using mobile devices, with some [...]
Android Platform for Mobile Devices
The Open Handset Alliance recently announced the Android platform, which is an open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. Through Android, developers, wireless operators, and handset manufacturers will be better positioned to bring to market innovative new products faster and at a much lower cost. The end result will be a mobile platform that will [...]
Wi-Fi Mesh Networking Market
According to In-Stat, the Wi-Fi mesh networking equipment shipment grew by over 100% in 2006 and will grow by over 90% in 2007. Strong growth will continue for Wi-Fi mesh access points (APs) for the next several years, as shipments grow more than three-fold between 2006 and 2011, the high-tech market research firm says. Most [...]
Near Field Communication Mobile Phones
According to ABI Research, the NFC (Near Field Communication) business must be about mass adoption. NFC technology will be available across a wide range of mobile phones: from high-end smartphones to low-end handsets. In their latest analysis of the NFC market, ABI Research forecasts that by 2012, of the nearly 300 million NFC handsets to [...]
Cellular M2M Communications Market to Grow to $8 Billion
According to ABI Research, revenues for cellular M2M communication services will rise from approximately $2 billion in 2006 to more than $8 billion in 2012. A new study by the firm describes a landscape of cellular M2M service providers that shows increasing variety in its business models. Their research identifies three classes of providers, each [...]
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