Gallium Arsenide Expected to Remain Primary Process Technology
BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
The Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component market research service predicts
that the market for power amplifiers (PAs) in cellphones and related mobile
devices will grow to $2.8 billion over the next five years, in the report,
"Cellular PA Forecast 2009 - 2014."
Demand for cellular PAs declined in the first half of `09 with a slowdown in
handset shipments; however, cellular will continue to spread beyond conventional
handsets into notebook and netbook computers, and machine-to-machine systems
such as automatic meter readers. At the same time, the number of bands used by
the typical cellular terminal will continue to increase. Together, these trends
promise continued growth in shipments of cellular terminals and PAs, even as the
conventional cellphone market matures and growth slows.
"We estimate that the PA market will reach almost 4 billion units per year in
2014, even as dual-mode PAs begin to reduce the power amplifier count per
cellular terminal," said Chris Taylor, Director of the RF & Wireless Components
market research service.
Asif Anwar, Director of the Gallium Arsenide and Compound Semiconductor market
research service, added, "Shipments of CMOS PAs will increase over the next five
years, but GaAs-based PA modules will continue to dominate the market as
cellular moves beyond W-CDMA to LTE."
This report covers historical and projected shipments by power amp air interface
(CDMA, GSM / GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA variants), primary process technology (GaAs,
LDMOS, CMOS, SiGe-BiCMOS) and module type (basic module, PA-duplexer,
PA-switch).
About Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics, Inc. provides timely and actionable market intelligence
focused on opportunities and disruptive forces in the areas of Automotive
Electronics and Entertainment, Broadband Connected Home, Mobile & Wireless,
Intelligent Systems and Virtual Worlds. With headquarters in Boston, MA and
offices in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, S. Korea and China, Strategy
Analytics works with clients through annual multi-client services, management
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Strategy Analytics, Inc.
US Contact:
Chris Taylor, +1-617-614-0700
ctaylor@strategyanalytics.com
or
European Contact:
Asif Anwar, +44(0) 1908 423 600
aanwar@strategyanalytics.com
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