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THE CONVERGENGE OF AUDIO 2003

A detailed study of the Audio Chip Market

Report No. 3020

Table Of Contents

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • A. INTRODUCTION
  • B. FUTURE TRENDS
  • C. THE ROLE OF AUDIO
  • D. TYPES OF AUDIO PRODUCTS

II. METHODOLOGY

  • A. INTERVIEWS
  • B. PRODUCTS COVERED
  • C. APPLICATIONS COVERED

III. MARKET ANALYSIS

  • A. PC AUDIO MARKET
  • B. CONSUMER AUDIO CHIP MARKET SIZE
    • 1. Company Market Shares
  • C. PROFESSIONAL AUDIO MARKET SIZE
  • D. OVERALL AUDIO CHIP MARKET SIZE

IV. AUDIO STANDARDS / FORMATS

  • A. DOLBY PRO LOGIC
  • B. DOLBY PRO LOGIC II
  • C. DOLBY DIGITAL
  • D. DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND EX
  • E. DOLBY HEADPHONE
  • F. DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS (DTS)
  • G. DTS-ES
  • H. THX
  • I. MPEG
    • 1. MPEG AUDIO
      • a) Layer I
      • b) Layer II
      • c) Layer III
    • 2. MPEG II ADVANCED AUDIO CODING (AAC)
    • 3. MPEG 4
  • J. MERIDIAN LOSSLESS PACKING
  • K. SUPER AUDIO CD
  • L. SONY DYNAMIC DIGITAL SOUND (SDDS)
  • M. HAVi
  • N. RMF

V. AUDIO IN THE PC

  • A. HISTORY OF PC AUDIO
  • B. FUTURE PC TRENDS
    • 1. AZALEA
  • C. INTEGRATED AUDIO CHIPS
  • D. PCI CONTROLLERS
  • E. ADD-IN CARD MARKET
  • F. PC STANDARDS
    • 1. AMR
    • 2. CNR
    • 3. ACR
    • 4. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB)
    • 5. 1394 FIREWIRE

VI. AUDIO FEATURES

  • A. WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS
  • B. 3D AUDIO
    • 1. DirectSound
    • 2. A3D
    • 3. QSound
    • 4. EAX
    • 5. VMAx
    • 6. SRS
    • 7. Spatializer
    • 8. Dolby Pro Logic II

VII. ANALOG I/O

  • A. A/D
  • B. D/A
  • C. CODECs

VIII. CONSUMER AUDIO

  • A. HOME THEATER
    • 1. COMPACT DISC (CD) PLAYER
    • 2. VIDEO CD
    • 3. DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK (DVD)
      • a) DVD COMBINATION PRODUCTS
      • b) DVD Audio
      • c) DVD Encoding
      • d) DVD ENCODE / DECODE CHIPS
      • e) DVD CHIP DECODERS
    • 4. SET-TOP BOX
    • 5. DIGITAL SPEAKERS
    • 6. A/V RECEIVER
    • 7. DIGITAL TV (HDTV)
  • B. GAME CONSOLES
  • C. CAR AUDIO
  • D. INTERNET MUSIC PLAYERS
    • 1. MP3 Technology
    • 2. Portable Players
    • 3. Internet Appliances & Cellphones
    • 4. Portable Player Forecast
    • 5. SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
      • a) Beyond MP3
    • 6. Audio Software Systems
      • a) Liquid Audio
      • b) RealNetworks
      • c) Microsoft’s Windows Media Technologies 4.04
    • 7. SECURITY
  • E. CHIP SOLUTIONS
    • 1. Cirrus Logic
    • 2. Texas Instruments
    • 3. Micronas Semiconductor
    • 4. SigmaTel
    • 5. Motorola

IX. PROFESSIONAL AUDIO

  • A. MARKET DISCUSSION
  • B. HIGH-END APPLICATIONS
  • C. MID-RANGE APPLICATIONS
  • D. LOW-END APPLICATIONS
  • E. MOVIE THEATERS

X. APPENDIX

  • A. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

XI. INDEX

Figures

  • Fig. I-1 Typical Audio System
  • Fig. III-1 Total IC Shipments in the PC Market
  • Fig. III-2 2002 PC Audio IC Market Shares
  • Fig. III-3 Total Audio Consumer Chip Market
  • Fig. III-4 Audio Chip Content in Consumer Segment
  • Fig. III-5 2002 Consumer Audio Segment Breakdown
  • Fig. III-6 2002 Consumer Audio Market Shares
  • Fig. III-7 Total IC Pro-Audio Market
  • Fig. III-8 2002 Pro-Audio IC Market Shares
  • Fig. III-9 Total Audio Segment Breakdown
  • Fig. III-10 Total Audio IC Market
  • Fig. III-11 2002 Audio IC Market Shares
  • Fig. V-1 PC Architecture Timeline
  • Fig. V-2 Embedded Audio Sales in PCs
  • Fig. V-3 Typical High End PCI Card
  • Fig. V-4 Total Add-In Card Sales
  • Fig. V-5 AMR Block Diagram
  • Fig. VIII-1 CD Player Market
  • Fig. VIII-2 VideoCD Sales
  • Fig. VIII-3 DVD Functional Block Diagram
  • Fig. VIII-4 CD Adoption Timeline
  • Fig. VIII-5 DVD Chip Forecast
  • Fig. VIII-6 Digital Set-top Box
  • Fig. VIII-7 Set-Top Decoder Market
  • Fig. VIII-8 Home Digital Speaker Controller Sales
  • Fig. VIII-9 A/V Receiver Market
  • Fig. VIII-10 DSP Sales in A/V Receiver Market
  • Fig. VIII-11 DTV Broadcast Possibilities
  • Fig. VIII-12 Example DTV Discretionary Broadcast Stream
  • Fig. VIII-13 Digital TV Set-Top Box
  • Fig. VIII-14 DTV Consoles
  • Fig. VIII-15 Game Console Shipments
  • Fig. VIII-16 Audio Processor Sales in Game Consoles
  • Fig. VIII-17 Car Audio System Forecast
  • Fig. VIII-18 Chip Sales in Car Audio Systems
  • Fig. VIII-19 Portable Player System Block Diagram
  • Fig. VIII-20 Overall Portable Player Market (Mu)
  • Fig. VIII-21 Overall Portable Player Market ($M)
  • Fig. VIII-22 Portable Player Format Breakdown
  • Fig. VIII-23 Software Functional Model
  • Fig. VIII-24 Total Processor Shipment in Portable Players
  • Fig. IX-1 Pro Audio Chip Market

Tables

  • Table III-1 Total PC Chip Audio Market
  • Table III-2 Total Consumer Chip Audio Market
  • Table III-3 Audio IC Professional Market
  • Table III-4 Total Audio Chip Market
  • Table V-1 AC’97 Codec Market
  • Table V-2 Audio Add-In Card Market
  • Table VI-1 Representative 3D Positional Audio Licensees
  • Table VII-1 Representative A/D Chip Vendors
  • Table VII-2 Representative D/A Chip Vendors
  • Table VII-3 Representative Codec Chip Vendors
  • Table VIII-1 CD Player Market
  • Table VIII-2 VideoCD Player Market
  • Table VIII-3 WW DVD Audio/Video Markets
  • Table VIII-4 Representative DVD Chip Vendors
  • Table VIII-5 Representative DVD Device Usage
  • Table VIII-6 DBS Set-Top Box Market
  • Table VIII-7 Cable TV Set-Top Box Market
  • Table VIII-8 Representative Set-Top Box Chip Vendors
  • Table VIII-9 Representative Set-Top Box Device Usage
  • Table VIII-10 Home Digital Speaker Market
  • Table VIII-11 Digital A/V Receiver Market
  • Table VIII-12 Representative A/V Receiver Chip Vendors
  • Table VIII-13 Representative A/V Receiver Product Usage
  • Table VIII-14 Representative DTV Chips
  • Table VIII-15 U.S. DTV Market
  • Table VIII-16 Hardware Game Console Market
  • Table VIII-17 Car Audio System Market Forecast
  • Table VIII-18 Representative Portable Players
  • Table VIII-19 Portable Audio Player Market WW
  • Table VIII-20 CD Based Player Forecast
  • Table VIII-21 Portable Player Format Breakdown
  • Table VIII-22 Portable Player Chip Market
  • Table VIII-23 Representative Portable Player Chip Vendors
  • Table IX-1 Professional Audio IC Market


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