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Wireless, Consumer Products Continue to Drive Semiconductor Industry Says In-Stat

Posted on: Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 09:00 CST

Buoyed by fast-growing new technologies in the wireless, broadband equipment, and consumer electronics arenas, the semiconductor industry will continue strong growth this decade after the lean years of 2001 and 2002, reported In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Some of the fastest-growing silicon categories include wireless cellular modems (2.5 million units shipped in 2004 to 14.6 million units in 2009), wireless LAN chipsets (84 million units shipped in 2004 to 390 million units in 2009), and digital TV sets (16.5 million units shipped in 2004 to 93.8 million units in 2009).

"Cellular technology in particular, will continue to be a major growth engine through the remainder of the decade," said Chris Kissel, In-Stat analyst. "The potential market for arguably the most successful consumer product of all time, the cellular handset, will grow from 1.6 billion cellular phone subscribers worldwide to 2.6 billion subscribers by 2009. That will represent one-third of the world's population."

A recent report by In-Stat found the following:

-- Sale of video game consoles bottomed out in 2005 at 16.5 million units. The launch of new products in the segment will double the size of the market by 2008.

-- The PC is not dead. Some 100 million CPUs were sold in 2002; In-Stat estimates 187.3 million units will be sold in 2005.

-- As to be expected, not all applications paint rosy pictures. PDAs are a dying product line as they are being absorbed in smartphones. By 2009, shipment levels will be almost one-third of 2005 levels.

The report, "Show Me the Money!!! 60 Applications to Fill Your Semiconductor Fab" (#IN0502617SI), covers the worldwide semiconductor industry. It is a bird's eye view of many different applications with unit volumes and revenue forecasts. The premise is to compare the silicon markets in several categories -- wireless, wired networking (short haul, wired and optical networking), long haul, broadband, voice, computer and computer-related products, and consumer electronics. The report is helpful to the investment community and to any company that has some capital and diversity in their product development chain.

For more information on this report, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/Scatalogue.asp?id=68 or contact Tina Sheltra at 480-609-4531 or tina.sheltra@reedbusiness.com. The report price is $3,495.

About In-Stat

In-Stat (www.in-stat.com) is the leading provider of actionable research, assessments and market forecasts of semiconductors and advanced communications equipment and services. Our forecasts, analysis, and insights are derived from both a deep technology understanding and a unique research methodology, which examines each segment of the value chain for each market. Technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals and market specialists, worldwide, rely on In-Stat's tenured, experienced staff and in-depth research to support critical technology, product and success decisions.

In-Stat is a strategic segment of the $8 billion Reed Elsevier global information network, with access to an expansive worldwide electronic network, extensive technology databases and well-informed personnel. In-Stat analysts gain exceptional insight into geographic marketplaces and specific technologies within markets such as electronics, cable and wireless. As a member of Reed Business Information, In-Stat is a division of the largest business-to-business publisher in the United States.

Source: Business Wire

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