Surprising Gains in Semiconductor Sectors Despite Economic
Downturn According to The Linley Group Study

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—April 28, 2009—In spite of the downturn in communications semiconductor sales, some sectors revealed double-digit growth according to the latest market share numbers released by The Linley Group. Among the fastest growing product markets in 2008 were 10-Gigabit Ethernet NICs, switch fabrics, PON, and G.709/OTN.

"These findings support our forecast last year that even in a weak economy, a number of growth opportunities still existed," said Joseph Byrne, senior analyst with The Linley Group. "We found that the five fastest growing companies in 2008 were AMCC, Broadcom, Intellon, PMC-Sierra, and Texas Instruments, with Broadcom growing across the board, particularly in Gigabit Ethernet and broadband."

Report highlights include:

• 10-Gigabit Ethernet NIC revenue grew 65%
• Switch fabric revenue grew 49%
• PON interface chip revenue grew 46%
• G.709/OTN IC revenue grew 43%
• Double-digit growth was also reported in network processors (NPUs), voice-over-packet (VoP) processors, and embedded processors for storage systems

Complete details are available in "Communications Semiconductor Market Share 2008" the latest report from The Linley Group, providing all new market-share data for more than 20 categories of wired communications semiconductors. The report includes Ethernet products, broadband interface chips, embedded processors, network processors, interconnect chips, security accelerators, voice-over-packet (VoP) processors, FPGAs, and more. New in this edition are 10GbE controller chips for NIC and LAN on motherboard (LOM) applications, OTN chips, and 32-bit CPU IP.

Availability

The report is available now directly from The Linley Group. For further details, including pricing and a list of included tables, visit
http://www.linleygroup.com/Reports/market_share_rpt.html

About The Linley Group

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