Table of Contents
Executive Summary 18
World Market for Semiconductors in Communication 23
DSP Market 32
Flash Memory Market 41
GPS Market 50
Mobile RF Market 59
WiFi/WiMaxMarket 68
Market for Semiconductors in Communication -North America 77
Market for Semiconductors in Communication -North America: Revenues by Segment 89
Market for Semiconductors in Communication -Asia Pacific 100
Market for Semiconductors in Communication -Asia Pacific: Revenues by Segment 112
Market for Semiconductors in Communication -Europe 123
Market for Semiconductors in Communication -Europe: Revenues by Segment 135
Market for Semiconductors in Communication –Rest-of-World 146
Market for Semiconductors in Communication -Rest-of-World: Revenues by Segment 158
Conclusion 169
About Frost & Sullivan 171
List of Figures
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast by Product Segment (World), 2007-2017 29
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast by Geographic Region (World), 2007-2017 30
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 31
DSP Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 35
DSP Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 37
DSP Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 39
DSP Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 40
Flash Memory Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 44
Flash Memory Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 46
Flash Memory Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 48
Flash Memory Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 49
GPS Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 53
GPS Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2011-2107 55
GPS Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 57
GPS Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 58
Mobile RF Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 62
Mobile RF Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 64
Mobile RF Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 66
Mobile RF Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 67
WiFi/WiMax Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 71
WiFi/WiMax Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 73
WiFi/WiMax Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 75
WiFi/WiMax Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 76
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (North America), 2011-2017 80
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2011-2017 83
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2011-2017 85
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (North America), 2007-2017 87
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (North America), 2007-2017 88
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for DSP Segment (North America), 2007-2017 90
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (North America), 2010 91
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (North America), 2007-2017 92
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (North America), 2010 93
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (North America), 2007-2017 94
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (North America), 2010 95
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (North America), 2007-2017 96
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (North America), 2010 97
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for WiFi/WiMax Segment (North America), 2007-2017 98
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi/WiMax Segment (North America), 2010 99
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (Asia Pacific), 2011-2017 103
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (Asia Pacific), 2011-2017 106
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Asia Pacific), 2011-2017 108
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 110
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 111
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for DSP Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 113
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 114
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 115
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 116
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 117
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 118
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 119
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 120
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 121
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 122
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (Europe), 2011-2017 126
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (Europe), 2011-2017 129
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Europe), 2011-2017 131
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (Europe), 2007-2017 133
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (Europe), 2007-2017 135
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for DSP Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 136
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (Europe), 2010 137
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 138
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (Europe), 2010 139
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 140
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (Europe), 2010 141
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 142
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (Europe), 2010 143
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 144
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Europe), 2010 145
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (Rest-of-World), 2011-2017 149
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (Rest-of-World), 2011-2017 152
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Rest-of-World), 2011-2017 154
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 156
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 157
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for DSP Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 159
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 160
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 161
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 162
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 163
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 164
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 165
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 166
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecasts for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 167
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 168
List of Charts
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Overview of Industry Trends (World), 2010 21
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Growth Projection (World), 2010 22
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Key Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2107 26
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Key Market Drivers (World), 2011-2017 27
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Key Market Restraints (World), 2011-2017 28
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast by Product Segment (World), 2007-2017 29
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast by Geographic Region (World), 2007-2017 30
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 31
DSP Market: Market Engineering Measurements (World), 2010 34
DSP Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 36
DSP Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked In Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 38
DSP Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 39
DSP Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 40
Flash Memory Market: Market Engineering Measurements (World), 2010 43
Flash Memory Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 44
Flash Memory Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked In Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 47
Flash Memory Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 48
Flash Memory Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 49
GPS Market: Market Engineering Measurements (World), 2010 52
GPS Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 54
GPS Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked In Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 56
GPS Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 57
GPS Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 58
Mobile RF Market: Market Engineering Measurements (World), 2010 61
Mobile RF Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 63
Mobile RF Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked In Order of Impact (World), 2010 65
Mobile RF Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 66
Mobile RF Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 67
WiFi/WiMax Market: Market Engineering Measurements (World), 2010 70
WiFi/WiMax Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (World), 2011-2017 72
WiFi/WiMax Market: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked In Order of Impact (World), 2011-2017 74
WiFi/WiMax Market: Revenue Forecast (World), 2007-2017 75
WiFi/WiMax Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (World), 2010 76
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Engineering Measurements (North America), 2010 79
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (North America), 2011-2017 81
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2011-2017 82
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (North America), 2007-2017 87
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (North America), 2010 88
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecasts for DSP Segment (North America), 2007-2017 90
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (North America), 2010 91
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (North America), 2007-2017 92
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (North America), 2010 93
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (North America), 2007-2017 94
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (North America), 2010 95
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (North America), 2007-2017 96
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (North America), 2010 97
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for WiFi/WiMax Segment (North America), 2007-2017 98
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi/WiMax Segment (North America), 2010 99
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Engineering Measurements (Asia Pacific), 2010 102
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (Asia Pacific), 2011-2017 104
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Asia Pacific), 2011-2017 105
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 110
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (Asia Pacific), 2010 111
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for DSP Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 113
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 114
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 115
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 116
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 117
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 118
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 119
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 120
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for WiFi Segment (Asia Pacific), 2007-2017 121
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Asia Pacific), 2010 122
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Engineering Measurements (Europe), 2010 125
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (Europe), 2011-2017 127
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Europe), 2011-2017 128
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (Europe), 2007-2017 133
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (Europe), 2010 134
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for DSP Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 136
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (Europe), 2010 137
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 138
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (Europe), 2010 139
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 140
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (Europe), 2010 141
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 142
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (Europe), 2010 143
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Europe), 2007-2017 144
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi /WiMax Segment (Europe), 2010 145
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Engineering Measurements (Rest-of-World), 2010 148
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (Rest-of-World), 2011-2017 150
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Market Drivers and Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Rest-of-World), 2011-2017 151
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 156
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues (Rest-of-World), 2010 157
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for DSP Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 159
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for DSP Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 160
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Flash Memory Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 161
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Flash Memory Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 162
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for GPS Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 163
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for GPS Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 164
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for Mobile RF Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 165
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for Mobile RF Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 166
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Revenue Forecast for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Rest-of-World), 2007-2017 167
Market for Semiconductors in Communication: Company Market Share by Revenues for WiFi/WiMax Segment (Rest-of-World), 2010 168