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DSP STRATEGIES

The Embedded Chip Imperative

Report No. 4010

I. EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
- A. INTRODUCTION
  - 1. EUPHEMISMS FOR DSP
- B. THE ROLE OF DSP
- C. DSP CHIP TYPES & 2003 MARKET SIZE
  - 1. General-Purpose DSP Chips
  - 2. FASIC Chips
  - 3. ASIC DSPs
  - 4. Reconfigurable Chips for DSP
  - 5. MPU & Other Chips for DSP
- D. THE GENERAL-PURPOSE DSP MARKET

II. DSP TECHNOLOGY PRIMER
- A. WHAT IS DSP?
- B. THE INFORMATION SIGNAL
- C. WHERE IS DSP USED?

III. DSP HISTORY
- A. EARLY HISTORY
  - 1. GENERATION 0.5
  - 2. GENERATION 1
  - 3. GENERATION 2
  - 4. GENERATION 3
  - 5. GENERATION 4
  - 6. GENERATION 5
  - 7. GENERATION 6
- B. THE CURRENT DSP CROP

IV. DSP APPLICATION MARKET SUMMARY
- A. MAJOR MARKET CLASSIFICATIONS
- B. DSP PRODUCTS VS. DSP MARKETS
- C. WW EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT
- D. GEOGRAPHIC EQUIP. PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT

V. COMMUNICATIONS DSP MARKETS
- A. OVERVIEW
- B. WW COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP. PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT

VI. COMPUTER DSP MARKETS
- A. OVERVIEW
- B. PC MULTIMEDIA & DSP
  - 1. AC’97 DSP IMPLICATIONS
- C. DISK DRIVE DSP MARKETS
  - 1. DISK DRIVE TRENDS
  - 2. SERVO CONTROL
  - 3. DIGITAL READ CHANNEL
  - 4. DISKS BEYOND THE PC
  - 5. DISK DSP MARKET
- D. OFFICE AUTOMATION
  - 1. SPEAKERPHONES & AUDIOCONFERENCING
  - 2. INTELLIGENT DIGITAL COPIERS
  - 3. FACSIMILE (FAX)
- E. OTHER COMPUTER DSP APPLICATIONS
  - 1. GRAPHICS/IMAGE PROCESSING
  - 2. VIDEOCONFERENCING
- F. WW COMPUTER EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT

VII. CONSUMER DSP MARKETS
- A. OVERVIEW
- B. REPRESENTATIVE CONSUMER DSP MARKETS
  - 1. DIGITAL STILL CAMERAS
  - 2. DIGITAL RADIO (DAB)
  - 3. AUTOMOTIVE
  - 4. DIGITAL TV (HDTV)
  - 5. SET-TOP BOX MARKET
  - 6. DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK (DVD)
  - 7. CORDLESS PHONES/ANSWERING DEVICES
    - a. U.S. CORDLESS PHONES
    - b. DECT
- C. WW CONSUMER EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT

VIII. INSTRUMENTATION DSP MARKETS
- A. OVERVIEW
- B. MEDICAL
  - 1. MEDICAL IMAGING
  - 2. DIGITAL HEARING AIDS
- C. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
- D. WW INSTRUMENTATION EQUIP. PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT

IX. INDUSTRIAL DSP MARKETS
- A. OVERVIEW
- B. DSP CONTROL MARKETS
  - 1. MOTOR & MOTION CONTROL
- C. WW INDUSTRIAL ELECT. EQUIP. PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT

X. MILITARY/AEROSPACE DSP MARKETS
- A. OVERVIEW
- B. EFFECTS OF 9/11 AND AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ ACTIONS
  - 1. HOMELAND SECURITY & DSP
- C. JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM (JTRS)
- D. LAND MINE DETECTION
- E. MILITARY ELECTRONIC EQUIP. PRODUCTION

XI. WIRELESS DSP MARKETS
- A. INTRODUCTION
- B. CELLULAR TELEPHONE
- C. CELLPHONES & DSP BASEBAND CHIPS
- D. CELLPHONE & BASEBAND CHIP MARKETS
- E. APPLICATION PROCESSOR CHIP MARKETS
- F. CELLULAR INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET
  - 1. TRANSCODING & RATE ADAPTION UNIT (TRAU)
- G. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO (SDR)
- H. OTHER WIRELESS SERVICES
  - 1. WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP (WLL & MLL)
  - 2. MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE (MSS)
  - 3. SPECIALIZED WIRELESS SERVICES
  - 4. SMART ANTENNAS

XII. WIRELINE DSP MARKETS
- A. DIAL MODEMS
  - 1. MODEM INTEGRATION TREND
  - 2. THE DIAL MODEM MARKET
- B. BROADBAND MODEMS
  - 1. ADSL
    - a. THE ADSL CHIP MARKET
  - 2. CABLE MODEMS
    - a. THE CABLE MODEM CHIP MARKET
- C. IP TELEPHONY
  - 1. DSP Chips Specifically for Packet Voice
- D. DSP IN HIGH-SPEED LANs

XIII. OVERALL DSP CHIP MARKET
- A. DSP CHIP MARKET DEFINITION
- B. DSP CHIP MARKET SEGMENTATION

XIV. PROGRAMMABLE DSP CHIP MARKETS
- A. OVERVIEW
- B. MARKET DYNAMICS
  - 1. HISTORICAL DSP SHIPMENTS & PRICES
- C. APPLICATION MARKETS
- D. DSP MARKET FORECAST
  - 1. ECONOMETRIC MARKET FORECAST
- E. FLOATING-POINT CHIPS
  - 1. MARKETS & APPLICATIONS
- F. ASSP & CUSTOMIZED DSP CHIPS
- G. DSP/RISC COMBO CHIPS
- H. CHIP SELECTION CRITERIA
  - 1. DSP PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
  - 2. BRAND MENTIONS
- I. VENDOR MARKET SHARES
- J. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
- K. FUTURE DSP CHIP "WISH" LIST
- L. DSP CHIP PRICE ELASTICITY
  - 1. SECOND SOURCE CONSIDERATIONS

XV. FUNCTION-SPECIFIC DSP CHIP MARKETS
- A. FASIC DSPs
  - 1. FASIC EXAMPLES
  - 2. FASIC MARKET

XVI. RECONFIGURABLE CHIPS FOR DSP
- A. FPGAs
- B. REAL-TIME RECONFIGURABILITY
- C. MARKET SIZE

XVII. DSP ASICs & DSP/RISC IP
- A. ASIC DSP CHIPS
- B. LICENSED DSP CORES
  - 1. DSP CORE SELECTION CRITERIA
  - 2. BUSINESS MODEL
    - a. A BETTER BUSINESS MODEL
  - 3. AVAILABLE DSP CORES
  - 4. DSP CORE BRAND MENTIONS
  - 5. PROGRAMMABLE DSP IP MARKET SIZE
  - 6. LICENSABLE SPECIALTY DSP HARDWARE IP
  - 7. LICENSABLE SPECIALTY DSP SOFTWARE IP
  - 8. IP PURCHASING PATTERNS
- C. RISC CORES FOR DSP
- D. BUS INTERFACES FOR NEXT DESIGN
- E. FUTURE DSP/RISC CORE "WISH" LIST

XVIII. DSP TOOLS & SOFTWARE
- A. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
- B. TARGET DSP OPERATING SYSTEM
- C. LANGUAGES FOR DSP
  - 1. C/C++ FOR DSP
  - 2. JAVA FOR DSP

XIX. IC VENDOR DSP PROFILES
- 1. 3DSP CORP
- 2. ADELANTE TECHNOLOGIES
- 3. AGERE SYSTEMS
- 4. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
- 5. AKM SEMICONDUCTOR
- 6. ALTERA
- 7. AMI SEMICONDUCTOR
- 8. ANALOG DEVICES
- 9. ARC INTERNATIONAL
- 10. ARM LTD
- 11. ATMEL
- 12. AUSTRIA MIKRO-SYSTEME INT'L
- 13. BRECIS COMMUNICATIONS
- 14. BROADCOM
- 15. CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO
- 16. CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS
- 17. CEVA
- 18. CHIPWRIGHTS
- 19. CIRRUS LOGIC
- 20. CLARKSPUR DESIGN
- 21. CLEARSPEED TECHNOLOGY
- 22. CONEXANT SYSTEMS
- 23. CONTEXT
- 24. CRADLE TECHNOLOGIES
- 25. DSP ARCHITECTURES
- 26. DSP GROUP
- 27. DSPFACTORY
- 28. ELIXENT
- 29. EQUATOR TECHNOLOGIES
- 30. ESS TECHNOLOGY
- 31. FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR
- 32. FUJITSU
- 33. GENNUM
- 34. GLOBESPANVIRATA
- 35. HANTRO
- 36. HYNIX
- 37. HYPERSTONE
- 38. I-CHIPS TECHNOLOGY
- 39. IBM MICROELECTRONICS
- 40. IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES
- 41. IMPROV SYSTEMS
- 42. INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES
- 43. INFINITE TECHNOLOGY
- 44. INTEL
- 45. INTRINSITY
- 46. IPFLEX
- 47. LOGIC DEVICES
- 48. LSI LOGIC
- 49. MACRONIX
- 50. MARVELL
- 51. MATSUSHITA
- 52. MEDIATEK
- 53. MICRONAS
- 54. MICROTUNE
- 55. MINDSPEED
- 56. MIPS TECHNOLOGIES
- 57. MODULE RESEARCH CENTER
- 58. MORPHO TECHNOLOGIES
- 59. MOTOROLA/SPS SPINCO
- 60. MYSTICOM
- 61. NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR
- 62. NEC
- 63. NETERGY MICROELECTRONICS
- 64. OCTASIC
- 65. OKI SEMICONDUCTOR
- 66. PACT
- 67. PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTOR
- 68. PICOCHIP
- 69. PMC-SIERRA
- 70. PORTALPLAYER
- 71. PRAIRIECOMM
- 72. QUALCOMM
- 73. QUICKLOGIC
- 74. QUICKSILVER TECHNOLOGY
- 75. RADIOSCAPE
- 76. RAZA MICROELECTRONICS
- 77. REALTEK
- 78. RENESAS
- 79. SAMSUNG
- 80. SANDBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES
- 81. SANYO
- 82. SIGMATEL
- 83. SILICON HIVE
- 84. SONY
- 85. STARCORE LLC
- 86. STMICROELECTRONICS
- 87. SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY
- 88. TELSIMA
- 89. TENSILICA
- 90. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
- 91. TOSHIBA
- 92. VIA TECHNOLOGIES
- 93. VITESSE
- 94. WINBOND
- 95. XEMICS
- 96. XILINX
- 97. YAMAHA
- 98. ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR
- 99. ZILOG
- 100. ZORAN
- 101. ZYRAY WIRELESS

XX. STUDY METHODOLOGY
- A. INDUSTRY IMMERSION
- B. OUR SURVEY

XXI. BASIC DSP STRATEGIES
- A. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
- B. SYSTEMS ON A CHIP & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (SoC & IP)
- C. FOR THE IC MANUFACTURER
- D. FOR THE "FABLESS" IC VENDOR
- E. FOR THE DSP IP HOUSE

XXII. FUTURE DSP CONCERNS
- A. DSP TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION
- B. DSP MIGRATION TO THE MPU
- C. MEMORY TRENDS
- D. POTENTIAL THREATS TO DSP
  - 1. OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
  - 2. NEURAL NETS
  - 3. ANALOG MEMORY
- E. FUTURE DSP-BASED PRODUCTS
- F. THE CONVERGENCE

APPENDIX
- INDEX
- A. ACRONYMS
- B. GLOSSARY

Figures

Figure 1-1 The Role of DSP
Figure 1-2 DSP Chip Market by Type (2003)
Figure 1-3 PC Processing Budget Trend
Figure 1-4 PROGRAMMABLE DSP MARKET: 2002-2007
Figure 1-5 Total DSP Chip Market: 2003
Figure 2-1 Basic Digital Signal Processor Diagram
Figure 2-2 Basic DSP Algorithm Diagram
Figure 4-1 Econometric DSP Chip Market, All Types: ‘03
Figure 4-2 Econometric DSP Chip Market, All Types: ‘07
Figure 4-3 Markets Served by Respondents’ Companies
Figure 4-4 Respondent Applications for DSP
Figure 4-5 WW Electronic Equipment Production by Market
Figure 4-6 Total Econometric DSP Chip Market: ‘03-‘07
Figure 4-7 WW Electronic Equipment Production by Region
Figure 6-1 PCs Began as Data Processors
Figure 6-2 With DSP PCs added Multimedia
Figure 6-3 PC Processing Budget Trend
Figure 6-4 Intel’s AC ‘97 Concept
Figure 6-5 Hard Disk Block Diagram
Figure 6-6 PRML Digital Read Channel
Figure 6-7 Videoconferencing: Another DSP market
Figure 7-1 IBOC AM Receiver Block Diagram
Figure 7-2 IBOC FM Receiver Block Diagram
Figure 7-3 Hybrid and All-digital AM & FM IBOC Modes
Figure 7-4 Basic HDTV Set Top Box Block Diagram
Figure 7-5 Digital Cable/DBS Set-Top Box Block Diagram
Figure 7-6 DVD Player Block Diagram
Figure 8-1 Selected U.S. Electromedical Markets:2002
Figure 8-2 Digital Hearing Aids now Dominate
Figure 8-3 Hearing Aid Shipments by Type (WW)
Figure 8-4 Hearing Aid DSP Chip Market (WW)
Figure 8-5 GPS System Receiver Block Diagram
Figure 8-6 GPS Markets 2003 (Non-Cellular)98
Figure 8-7 GPS Chip Market: Cellular & Non-Cellular units ‘02-‘07
Figure 9-1 WW DSP Control Market: 2003
Figure 9-2 Motor Control: Growing DSP Market
Figure 10-1 U.S. MIL Comm. Electronics Production
Figure 10-2 Top Defense Companies
Figure 11-1 Basic Cellphone Block Diagram
Figure 11-2 Cellphone Baseband Chip Vendor Ranking: 2002
Figure 11-3 Cellphone Shipment Forecast: ‘02-‘07
Figure 11-4 Wireless Infrastructure DSP Vendor Market Shares: 2002
Figure 11-5 Smart Antenna Function
Figure 12-1 Modem Integration Trend Diagrams
Figure 12-2 WW Broadband Subscribers: ‘02-‘07
Figure 12-3 ADSL System Reference Model
Figure 12-4 Cable Modem Block Diagram
Figure 12-5 Dial Phone Connections via the Internet
Figure 12-6 DSP VoIP Packet Processor Functions
Figure 12-7 WW VoIP Wireline CPE Port Shipments: ‘02-‘07
Figure 12-8 WW Gateway & RAC VoIP Port Shipments ‘02-‘07
Figure 12-9 WW Copper LAN Shipment Trend: ‘02-‘07
Figure 13-1 Chips Employed for DSP Algorithms
Figure 13-2 DSP Chip Market by Type: 2003
Figure 13-3 DSP Chip Market by Type: 2007
Figure 14-1 Programmable DSP Market: ‘83-‘03
Figure 14-2 Programmable DSP Price Trend: ‘90-‘03
Figure 14-3 GP DSP Shipments by Quarter: ‘99-‘03
Figure 14-4 DSP Market by Application: 2003
Figure 14-5 DSP Market by Application: 2001
Figure 14-6 Programmable DSP Forecast: ‘02-‘07
Figure 14-7 GP DSP Econometric Market: 2003
Figure 14-8 GP DSP Econometric Market: 2007
Figure 14-9 Fixed vs. Floating Point DSP Market: 2003
Figure 14-10 DSP/RISC Combo: A Division of Labor
Figure 14-11 DSP Chip Selection Criteria
Figure 14-12 DSP Performance Requirement (Survey)
Figure 14-13 DSP Brand/Type Employed
Figure 14-14 DSP Chip Employed By Part Number
Figure 14-15 DSP Vendor Market Shares: 2002
Figure 14-16 DSP Global Shipments: 2003
Figure 14-17 DSP Global Shipments: 2001
Figure 14-18 DSP Chip Price Elasticity Chart
Figure 15-1 FASIC DSP Markets: 2003
Figure 15-2 FASIC DSP Markets: 2007
Figure 16-1 FPGA Employed for DSP: By Vendor
Figure 16-2 Reconfigurable Chips for DSP
Figure 17-1 DSP Core Selection Criteria
Figure 17-2 DSP Core Used
Figure 17-3 DSP Hardware IP Companies Used
Figure 17-4 DSP Software IP Companies Used
Figure 17-5 Software/Hardware IP Purchasing Pattern
Figure 17-6 DSP/RISC Combo: RISC Considerations
Figure 17-7 RISC Executing DSP Algorithms
Figure 17-8 RISC DSP Execution Vehicle
Figure 17-9 RISC Interfaces
Figure 17-10 RISC Core Employed by Brand
Figure 17-11 Bus Interfaces in Next Design
Figure 18-1 DSP Development Tools Employed
Figure 18-2 DSP Development Tool Host
Figure 18-3 O/S Employed for Target DSP
Figure 18-4 Languages Used for DSP
Figure 20-1 Survey Respondent’s Country
Figure 20-2 Survey Respondent’s Company
Figure 20-3 Survey Respondent’s Job
Figure 20-4 Respondent’s Organization DSP Involvement
Figure 20-5 Organization’s DSP-Centric Product Involvement

Tables

TABLE 2-1 ANALOG vs. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
TABLE 4-1 DSP APPLICATIONS CITED BY SURVEY RESPONDENTS
TABLE 4-2 WW ELECTRONIC EQUIP. PRODUCTION BY END MARKET
TABLE 4-3 TOTAL DSP CHIP MARKET BY APPLICATION: ‘02-‘07
TABLE 4-4 TOTAL IC CHIP MARKET BY APPLICATION: ‘02-‘07
TABLE 4-5 WW ELECTRONIC EQUIP. PRODUCTION BY REGION
TABLE 5-1 WW COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION
TABLE 6-1 WW HARD DISK DSP MARKET ‘02-‘07
TABLE 6-2 WW COMPUTER EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION
TABLE 7-1 DSP IN THE DIGITAL STILL CAMERA MARKET:’02-‘07
TABLE 7-2 DIGITAL RADIO DSP CHIPS
TABLE 7-3 SATELLITE DAB MARKET
TABLE 7-4 TERRESTRIAL DAB MARKET
TABLE 7-5 WORLDWIDE DAB MARKET SUMMARY
TABLE 7-6 AUTOMOTIVE DSP APPLICATIONS
TABLE 7-7 DSP IN U.S. HDTV RECEIVER MARKET:’02-‘07
TABLE 7-8 WW CONSUMER ELECTRONIC EQUIP. PRODUCTION
TABLE 8-1 HEARING AID DSP SHIPMENTS (WW)
TABLE 8-2 MAJOR GPS SYSTEM SUPPLIERS
TABLE 8-3 REPRESENTATIVE GPS CHIP SET SUPPLIERS
TABLE 8-4 WW INSTRUMENTATION PRODUCTION & DSP CONTENT
TABLE 9-1 DSP CONTROL MARKETS, APPLICATIONS & VENDORS
TABLE 9-2 WW INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC EQUIP. PRODUCTION
TABLE 10-1 HOMELAND SECURITY DSP APPLICATIONS
TABLE 10-2 EMERGING MINE DETECTION SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES
TABLE 10-3 WW MILITARY/AERO ELECTRONIC EQUIP. PRODUCTION
TABLE 11-1 CELLULAR DATA RATES
TABLE 11-2 WCDMA/3G DATA RATES
TABLE 11-3 CELLPHONE VENDOR RANKING: 2002
TABLE 11-4 CELLPHONE BASEBAND CHIP VENDORS
TABLE 11-5 CELLULAR SUBSCRIBERS & UNIT REPLACEMENTS:’02-‘07
TABLE 11-6 CELLPHONE SHIPMENTS BY AIR INTERFACE: ‘02-‘07
TABLE 11-7 CELLULAR APPLICATION PROCESSOR MARKET:’02-‘07
TABLE 11-8 WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE DSP FORECAST: ‘02-‘07
TABLE 11-9 PRIMARY UMTS INFRASTRUCTURE VENDORS
TABLE 11-10 TRANSCODING & RATE ADAPTION UNIT (TRAU) MKT:’02-‘07
TABLE 12-1 WW DIAL MODEM MARKET: ‘02-‘07
TABLE 12-2 NEW ADSL TYPES
TABLE 12-3 WW ADSL DSP MARKET:’02-‘07
TABLE 12-4 ADSL CHIP SUPPLIERS
TABLE 12-5 WW CABLE MODEM DSP MARKET:’02-‘07
TABLE 12-6 CABLE MODEM CHIP SUPPLIERS
TABLE 12-7 REPRESENTATIVE CPE VoIP DSP CHIPS
TABLE 12-8 ACCESS COMMUNICATION PROCESSOR DSPs
TABLE 12-9 LAN DSP PHY REVENUES: ‘02-‘07
TABLE 13-1 WW DSP CHIP MARKET BY TYPE:‘02-‘07
TABLE 14-1 PROGRAMMABLE DSP FORECAST: ‘02-‘07
TABLE 14-2 MAJOR DSP VENDOR MARKET STANCES
TABLE 14-3 DSP VENDOR MARKET SHARES: 1997-2002
TABLE 14-4 "OTHER" PROGRAMMABLE DSP CHIP VENDORS
TABLE 14-5 DSP CHIP WISH LIST
TABLE 15-1 FUNCTION-SPECIFIC (FASIC) DSP MARKET ‘02-‘07
TABLE 15-2 FASIC DSP ECONOMETRIC FORECAST ‘02-‘07
TABLE 16-1 ADVANTAGES OF FPGAs vs. DSPs
TABLE 16-2 REPRESENTATIVE FPGA SUPPLIERS
TABLE 16-3 REAL-TIME RECONFIGURABLE DSP CHIPS
TABLE 16-4 RECONFIGURABLE DSP CHIP MARKET
TABLE 17-1 LICENSABLE DSP CORES
TABLE 17-2 DSP CORE IP MARKET BY VENDOR
TABLE 17-3 DSP/RISC CORE WISH LIST
TABLE 17-4 ASIC DSP SHIPMENT FORECAST:’02-‘07
TABLE 19-1 ANNOUNCED 3DSP IP LICENSEES
TABLE 19-2 BROADCOM’S DSP-RELATED ACQUISITIONS
TABLE 19-3 CEVA INC. CORE LICENSEES
TABLE 19-4 IMPROV LICENSEES
TABLE 19-5 INTEL’S DSP-RELATED ACQUISITIONS
TABLE 19-6 LICENSEES OF ZSP DSP IP
TABLE 19-7 TI’s DSP-RELATED ACQUISITIONS
TABLE 21-1 CHIP TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION

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