SCOTTSDALE, USA: LTE is a truly evolutionary communications platform and will become the dominant 4G technology. However, LTE deployment will be gradual and protracted.
Nevertheless, chipset manufacturers, such as Broadcom, Infineon and Qualcomm, have established LTE product development plans, according to market research firm In-Stat. Further, market entrants, such as Altair Semiconductor, Beceem, BitWave, Comsys, Sequans and Wavesat, are hoping the LTE shift opens new opportunity.
“Leading 3G baseband chipset providers will not necessarily keep their leadership in LTE,” says Allen Nogee, In-Stat analyst. “The changes in platforms and technologies are disruptive enough to create major competitive shifts.”
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
* By 2013, the total value of global end-use device silicon will exceed US$2 billion, but still be early in the growth cycle.
* Much of the success in silicon will be made in low-noise amplifiers, power amplification, analog-to-digital conversion, SAW filters, and battery-life.
* The “LTE-dedicated” silicon BOM for mobile handsets will be slightly over $125 in 2011 and decline by nearly 30 percent by 2013.
Monday, March 1, 2010
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