RFICs are becoming a hotly contested battleground as the manufacturing sector gears up for the end of the telecom recession. This article reports how the contenders are using technology to gain marketshare, as handset products with increased sophistication vie for our disposable income. Through acquisition and organic growth RFIC companies have changed out of all recognition in just a few years.They have their own good reasons for these moves. Certainly, with technology assuming even greater significance and the narrower margins the business is not for those with weak resolve. A number of companies have reported higher volumes of devices shipped but with little or no actual revenue increase. For them the tighter ASPs and exchange rates have eroded margins still further.
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