Wi-Fi pushing radio IC market to $4 billion in 2013, says Strategy Analytics

摘要

Vendors will ship $4 billion in Wi-Fi radio chips in 2013,most of these for cellphones, notebooks, netbooks, infrastructure, home entertainment systems, and wireless gaming consoles. At the same time, adoption of 802.11 n MIMO with multiple transmit streams will help boost the market for Wi-Fi power amplifier modules to twice its 2008 size, despite continued pricing pressure. "By the end of 2010," says Christopher Taylor, Director of the Strategy Analytics RF and Wireless Components research service, "802.11n will ship in more than half of all Wi-Fi systems. Prices for single-stream 802.11n (1x1) chipsets and PAs have already dropped to match 802.11g, prompting OEMs to quickly begin to switch from 802.11g to 802.11 n 1x1 chipsets in new products.