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About
Joseph Byrne
Joseph
Byrne is a senior analyst at The Linley Group. With more than
15 years of industry experience, he is one of the industry's
leading analysts covering
the semiconductor market. He has published numerous reports analyzing
various segments of the industry and is the coauthor of A
Guide to Mobile TV Chips, Communications Silicon Market
Forecast, Communications
Silicon Market Share 2007, A
Guide to Storage Processors, A
Guide to Communications Processors, A
Guide to Broadband Chips, A
Guide to High-Speed Embedded Processors, A Guide to Access Processors, and A
Guide to Next-Generation Wireless. Joseph
has spoken at several investor forums and industry conferences,
including
the Multicore Expo,
Gartner
Semiconductor Conference, BusinessWeek IT Symposium at Comdex,
Communication Design Conference, Selby Venture Partners'
LP Conference, and Network Systems Design Conference.
He possesses both the deep technical understanding and business
savvy necessary to deliver insightful and meaningful analyses.
The technical and business press seeks Joseph's opinion, and
he is often quoted in EE Times, Unstrung, Electronic Business,
the
San Jose Mercury News, NewsFactor Network, wire services, and
other leading publications.
Before joining The Linley Group, Joseph served as a principal
analyst for semiconductors at Gartner Research. He was responsible
for
tracking technology trends, market size, forecasts, and assessing
the competitive landscape. His expertise also includes evaluating
business and strategic plans, advising startups and major IC
suppliers on marketing and positioning strategies, and providing
insight
to VCs and investment banks to support investment decisions.
Joseph led Gartner's coverage of networking semiconductors
in the era of the telecom boom and bust. Thereafter, he led
Gartner's
coverage of computing semiconductors, including microprocessors,
chipsets, and graphics processors. Through both eras, he
led coverage
of wireless LAN chipsets. Joseph also authored Gartner's
seminal report on digital camera technology, and he covered
embedded
microprocessors in the late 1990s. Before serving as an analyst,
Joseph held consulting
positions with Gartner, Deloitte consulting, and smaller
firms in the U.S. and Europe.
He
began his career as a microprocessor designer for SMOS Systems,
where he honed his technical skills as a principal
engineer.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering
and computer science from Duke University
and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
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