Connecting Mobile Devices
The evolution of mobile devices is accelerating the demand for advanced features such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, and FM radio. The growing popularity of smartphones is spurring the growth in Wi-Fi, which also serves as the basis for the new Bluetooth 3.0 standard. The attach rates of GPS and FM are increasing as the cost of these functions falls and service providers emphasize new location-based services. GPS is also found in increasingly popular automotive navigation systems and personal navigation devices (PNDs). NFC represents the next frontier in mobile connectivity.
Mobile-device designers are faced with a wide array of choices when adding these features to their designs. The simplest but most expensive solution has been to add a separate chip for each desired function. But chips that integrate both Bluetooth and FM are now quite popular, and the newest chips also incorporate GPS or Wi-Fi or even both. Some cellular baseband processors integrate connectivity functions as well; an approach that has been very popular for GPS.
Decipher the Market
"A Guide to Mobile Connectivity Chips" looks at these various approaches, analyzing the products that support them and the leading vendors of these technologies. The report provides in-depth coverage of chips and technologies from Atheros, Broadcom, CSR, Marvell, Qualcomm, ST-Ericsson, and Texas Instruments. It also covers vendors with a more limited presence in mobile connectivity: CellGuide, HelloSoft, Infineon, Intel, MediaTek, Nanoradio, Redpine, Silicon Labs, Skytraq, and Telechips.
Rapid advances in mobile connectivity have resulted in an abundance of standards and terminology. For those less familiar with this market, the report provides an overview of Bluetooth, FM, GPS, Wi-Fi, and NFC fundamentals, with special emphasis on emerging versions such as 802.11n and Bluetooth LE. It also discusses the design of connectivity chips, including their radio subsystems, and future trends.
In addition, the report provides a quantitative overview of the market for the various types of mobile connectivity chips, including market share by vendor and forecasts of unit shipments, revenue, and attach rate. Our market data relies on a sophisticated model that combines both system and chip shipments, segregating both standalone and combo chips by the connectivity function(s) that they implement. This chapter also discusses technology trends and how they will affect connectivity-chip design.
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Informed Decisions
Analysts Jag Bolaria and Michael
Stanford combine their experience in wireless, VoIP technology, and processor markets to deliver the strategic insight you need to understand this market. As the leading vendor
of technology analysis for communications silicon, The Linley
Group has the expertise to deliver a comprehensive look at the
emerging connectivity market.
This report complements
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This
report is written for:
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Engineers
who are designing handheld devices and need to select a connectivity chip
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Marketing
and engineering staff at companies that sell mobile connectivity
chips or other chips for handheld devices
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Technology
professionals who wish an introduction to mobile connectivity
markets and technologies
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Financial
analysts who desire a detailed analysis and comparison of
connectivity companies and their chances of success
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Press
and public-relations professionals who need to get up to
speed on this important technology
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