Three chip vendors bet on Wi-Fi boom
Patrick Mannion writes in EE Times:
Metalink, SyChip and Atheros will all announce Wi-Fi-based chips this week, in the belief that video, voice-over-Internet Protocol and embedded consumer applications ranging from handsets to digital cameras will supercharge the growth of Wi-Fi wireless networking.
While the official demise of IceFyre Semiconductor last week suggests that the Wi-Fi chip market may be consolidating, that hasn't put a damper on development. ABI Research (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) predicts that Wi-Fi/cellular handsets will reach 100 million units by 2010 and International Data Corp. (San Mateo, Calif.) forecasts that wireless-LAN semiconductor revenue will increase from $1.2 billion in 2004 to $3 billion by 2009.
posted by Fergie @ 5/23/2005 09:32:00 AM
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