IDC's Semiconductors: Wireless service offers market sizing and vendor share analysis for key chip segments within the wireless (2G, 2.5G, 3G, and 3.5G cellular; WLAN; Bluetooth; and other connectivity) market. IDC focuses on providing tactical and strategic perspectives to improve companies' visibility in this dynamic market. This service is a key resource to help guide clients through transitions in technologies and to clarify opportunities within key segments of the wireless market.

This service covers the following segments of the wireless semiconductor market:

• 2G, 2.5G, 3G, and 3.5G mobile phones
• Converged mobile devices and handhelds (PDAs)
• Cellular infrastructure
• WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e)
• WLAN infrastructure and applications
• Bluetooth opportunities and evolution
• Wireless applications for GPS, mobile TV, UWB, near-field communications (NFC), FM radio, and ZigBee

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• Mobile phone connectivity trends for WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, mobile TV, UWB, NFC, FM radio, and WiMAX
• Mobile phone BOM cost trend and chip pricing analysis
• Trends in and impact of chip integration within key cellular integrated circuit content
• Supply chain and value chain analysis of mobile phone semiconductor suppliers and their ODM and OEM partners
• Memory demand and technology adoption trends

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What are the fastest-growing semiconductor opportunities in the broadband and wireless markets?
2. Who are the semiconductor market share leaders of the wireless market, and who is best positioned for the future?
3. Which WLAN and Bluetooth standards will be implemented in the future, and what enterprise, public, and home applications will drive growth?
4. Which multimedia applications will drive carrier revenue, handset replacement, and chipset architectures?
5. How will WLAN, Bluetooth, WiMAX, and 2.5G/3G/3.5G cellular technologies coexist in various consumer and enterprise system designs?
6. How will advances in semiconductor technologies continue to drive data and voice convergence?

IDC's Semiconductors: Wireless service examines how chip vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the wireless system markets. The service analyzes the product strategies, competitive positioning, and future direction of major semiconductor vendors, including:

AMD, Anadigics, Analog Devices, ARM, Atheros, Atmel, Avago, Broadcom, Commit, Conexant, CoreLogic, CSR, Datang, Freescale, Fujitsu, Infineon, Intel, LSI Logic, Marvell, Matsushita, Maxim, MediaTek, MIPS, MtekVision, National, NEC, NVIDIA, NXP, Oki, QUALCOMM, Ralink, Realtek, Renesas, RF Micro Devices, Rohm, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Silicon Labs, Sirf, Skyworks, Sony, Spreadtrum, STMicroelectronics, T3G, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, TriQuint, and Yamaha.

This service focuses on the following core research. In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct additional research on specific topics, or emerging market segments, via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.

This semiannual study examines the semiconductor market for cellular handsets, including digital baseband processors and analog integrated circuits, memory, applications processors and multimedia coprocessors, imaging sensors and processors, transceiver chipsets, power amplifiers, and connectivity modules for WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, mobile TV, FM, UWB, NFC, and WiMAX.

This semiannual study examines the market for WLAN semiconductors, including a breakdown by 802.11 standards and by client and access point system markets. In addition, vendor market shares and analysis are provided.

This study examines all Bluetooth baseband, RF, and related memory semiconductor products going into key consumer and enterprise application markets. The study also evaluates the key suppliers in the market and pricing trends.

This study covers major wireless baseband and radio ASIC and ASSP vendors, providing market share and competitive analysis within each key product area. Market share documents are delivered on an annual basis.

This study examines semiconductors used within the basestation market, which includes key components within baseband, transceiver, and power amplifier subsystems.

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