High-Power RF IC Markets Exceeding Even the Most Optimistic Forecasts, According...

High-Power RF IC Markets Exceeding Even the Most Optimistic Forecasts, According to ABI Research

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(Business Wire)--
The penetration of high-powered RF integrated circuits into the
mobile wireless base station market has surpassed even ABI Research's
optimistic forecasts of last year.

"The level of penetration of high-powered RFICs into the mobile
wireless base station market right now exceeds what most observers
would ever suspect," says research director Lance Wilson. "It is a
major force in the device market for base stations. These parts are
shipping in the millions. The accepted wisdom about high-power RFICs
simply no longer applies."

Over the past several years this new breed of high-powered RFICs -
primarily geared for use in base stations for cellular and other
wireless infrastructure - has been quietly grabbing significant market
share, and will continue to do so at an increasing pace. The
enthusiastic adoption of these ICs is due to three factors. Compared
to the discrete devices they can replace, high-power RFICs are
smaller; they are easier to use; and they cost the same or slightly
less.

This is a remarkably consolidated market. Between them, the three
largest vendors have over 95% market share. In fact, cautions Wilson,
"One major supplier controls so much of the RF high power amplifier
RFIC market that there is a risk of permanent market distortion."

ABI Research's new report, "High-Power RFICs,"
(http://www.abiresearch.com/products/market_research/High-Power_RFICs)
identifies the factors driving the RFIC market, discusses the device
technologies and the vendor landscape, explains this technology's
disruptive potential, and contains new, accelerated forecasts. It
forms part of two ABI Research Services: RF Power Devices
(http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/RF_Power_Devices_Research
_Service), and Wireless Semiconductors
(http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Wireless_Semiconductors
_Service).

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impact of emerging technologies on global consumer and business
markets. Utilizing a unique blend of market intelligence, primary
research, and expert assessment from its worldwide team of industry
analysts, ABI Research assists hundreds of clients each year with
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