Abstract
The analog product market for communications equipment can be sub-divided into
several product categories. Wireless and wired special purpose components
account for the largest majority of the market for 2009. Other categories
include typically general purpose analog products such as: power management,
amplifiers, comparators, data converters, and interface. All together these
product categories combine into what will be a $10 billion market for 2009 and
will continue to grow by 13 percent annually over the next several years to
reach $18.4 billion by 2014.
It is expected that in 2009 special purpose communications analog products
revenue will drop by 14 percent worldwide. The current market conditions for
handset chip vendors have been impacted by a disastrous fourth quarter in
2008. However, the forecast calls for a relatively swift recovery with revenue
returning to the beyond the 2008 market next year. Revenue will be driven by
mobile phone upgrades and infrastructure build-outs in emerging markets as
well as infrastructure upgrades in mature regions.
Special purpose wireless products make up the majority of transceiver and
power amplifier consumption. These devices are used in a variety of
communications devices such as mobile phones, multimedia players, base
stations, in short-range wireless applications, and in 2-way radio and
cordless phones. This is by far the largest category in terms of special
purpose communications analog product revenue, with $6.6 billion or 92 percent
of total sales predicted for 2009.
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