An In-Depth Analysis of Cellular Peripheral Chips

Report No: 1230

From a cellphone standpoint the biggest market change in 2011 was in "Smartphones," which have quickly taken over much of what was the less-expensive "feature phone" market segment.  This trend favors the addition of peripheral chips to the core cellular terminal chips covered in our companion report, "Cellular Handset & Tablet Core Chip Trends '12" which covers core chips, namely basebands, application processors, power management units and cellular RF chips.

We also publish a larger report "Cellular Handset & Tablet Chip Markets'12" which encompasses both cellular core and peripheral chips (this report) as well as cellular handsets.

To provide product and market planners with calibration on the market Forward Concepts is offering this extensive (360-page) market study that covers the peripheral integrated circuits that enhance cellphones and cellular-connected tablets.  The graph at right illustrates the many chip types covered in the report, which forecasts units, ASPs & revenues for them in detail through 2016.

MEMS devices are growing rapidly and by 2016 will be the largest peripheral segment surpassing touch controllers, image sensors and the combination WLAN (Wi-Fi, BT and FM) chips.

The integration of GPS into the WLAN combo device will have an impact on suppliers beginning in 2012.

The report covers the camera module market and the camera sensor chip and die businesses. In addition, insight into the newer auto-focus mechanisms and the emergence of wafer-level camera modules are covered..

The rise of Smartphones has had a direct bearing on the touch controller market growth and the report covers the growth of both capacitive and resistive touch controllers.

This study explores the dynamics of each of these chip types and profiles the vendors and market shares for each of them.
You are invited to scan the table of contents to get an idea of the full extent of this valuable study and all of the companies and components covered. Our informed views on the global market and trends will be of great benefit in your long-term planning.
We believe that there is no other cellphone peripheral chip market study available that has the breadth or depth of coverage of this one.

AUTHOR

Carter L. Horney, a recognized authority on microprocessor and DSP implementation in telecommunications, is the author of this study.  Mr. Horney is an independent consultant and Forward Concepts Associate specializing in semiconductor product strategy and market planning.  He was formerly Division Planner for Rockwell International’s Digital Communications Division and earlier Strategic Marketing manager for Rockwell’s Semiconductor Products Division.  Mr. Horney was responsible for the product planning, which led Rockwell (now Conexant Systems) to dominate the worldwide FAX and dial modem chip market.  He was appointed a Rockwell Engineering Fellow and received many commendations for outstanding achievement in Computer Architecture, Engineering, Technical Marketing, Product Planning and Customer Relations.  Mr. Horney has a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics and an M.S. in Mathematics from Western Illinois University.

EDITOR

Will Strauss, President of Forward Concepts, is an internationally-recognized authority on markets driven by DSP Technology (and wireless is the largest DSP market), and was a significant contributor to this study.

SIZE
345 Pages, 62 Figures, 66 Tables, plus Appendix

Price
Electronic Copy (PDFwith Enterprise-wide License): $3,850.00