MID-IC DEMAND TO CLIMB

摘要

Analysts expect global shipments of MIDs (mobile Internet devices) to skyrocket in the next four years, as will demand for the ICs in the small devices. Research from Forward Concepts predicts that MID shipments will grow from 305,000 units in 2008 to almost 40 million in 2012, reaching $12 billion in revenue. Analysts forecast IC revenue from MIDs will grow from $29 million in 2008 to $2.6 billion in 2012.rnAccording to Forward Concepts, Texas Instruments is one of the two best-positioned non-x86-semiconductor vendors for supplying stand-alone application processors for MIDs.