Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: May 2007
Product Code: R97-2819Description In 2006, approximately 213 million Wi-Fi chipsets shipped, representing a 32% growth rate over 2005 Wi-Fi chipset shipments. Market segments that drove growth in 2006 included the following:
- Mobile PCs (37% of total Wi-Fi chipset shipments)
- Home/SOHO Wireless Routers, Gateways, APs (18%)
- Portable CE (17%)
- External Clients (12%)
- Stationary CE (10%)
Although dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets represented only 3% of total shipments for 2006, In-Stat believes that this category will be the break-out market segment in 2007, and by 2009, will account for 20% of the total market. In-Stat believes that during the forecast period from 2007 through 2011, portable connectivity applications will drive Wi-Fi chipsets, with shipments growing because of the large growth of the mobile PC segment, the portable CE segment, and the dual-mode handset segment.
The dominant technology in 2006 was 802.11g, although 802.11a/g made a surge with Intel's inclusion of an 802.11a/g solution within its Centrino Duo release in early 2006. Although Intel included an optional Draft n solution as part of its Centrino Duo and Pro release in 2Q07, In-Stat believes that 802.11g will continue to dominate the Wi-Fi chipset market in 2007 and 2008, with 802.11n not reigning supreme until 2009.Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Wi-Fi Standards Overview
- IEEE 802.11n
- 802.11n Standard Overview
- 802.11n Features
- Wi-Fi Alliance Certification
- Wi-Fi Chipset Basic Architecture
- Wi-Fi Chipset Vendor Overviews
- Airoha
- Atheros
- Broadcom
- Conexant
- CSR
- GCT Semiconductor
- Marvell
- Metalink
- NXP
- Qualcomm (Airgo)
- Ralink
- Realtek
- Texas Instruments (TI)
- Wi-Fi Chipset Market Forecasts
- Total Market Overview
- Market Segment Overviews
- Mobile PCs
- Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Phones
- Portable CE Devices
- Home/SOHO Wireless Routers, APs, and Gateways
- Stationary CE
- External Wi-Fi Clients
- Enterprise APs
- Consumer Wi-Fi-only Phones
- Business Wi-Fi-only Phones
Methodology
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List of Tables
Table 1. 802.11 Technology Standards Comparison
Table 2. Worldwide Total WLAN Chipset Unit Shipments per Wi-Fi Technology, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 3. Worldwide WLAN Chipset Unit Shipments, per Market Segment, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 4. Worldwide Total WLAN Chipset Revenue per Wi-Fi Technology, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 5. Worldwide WLAN Chipset Revenue per Market Segment, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 6. Embedded Wi-Fi Chipset Units in Mobile PCs, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 7. Embedded Wi-Fi Chipset Revenue in Mobile PCs, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 8. Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Phone Chipset Units, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 9. Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Phone Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 10. Portable CE with Embedded Wi-Fi Chipset Units, 2004-2011, (Units in Thousands)
Table 11. Portable CE Wi-Fi Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 12. Portable CE Wi-Fi Chipset Unit Shipments per Market Segment, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 13. Home/SOHO Wi-Fi Router, AP, and Gateway Chipset Units, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 14. Home/SOHO Wi-Fi Router, AP, and Gateway Wi-Fi Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 15. Stationary CE Embedded Wi-Fi Chipset Units, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 16. Stationary CE Embedded Wi-Fi Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 17. Stationary CE Wi-Fi Chipset Units per Market Segment, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 18. External Wi-Fi Client Chipset Units, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 19. External Wi-Fi Client Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 20. Enterprise Wi-Fi AP Chipset Units, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 21. Enterprise Wi-Fi AP Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 22. Consumer Wi-Fi-only Phone Chipset Units, 2004-20114 (Units in Thousands)
Table 23. Consumer Wi-Fi-only Phone Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Table 24. Business-only Wi-Fi Chipset Units, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Table 25. Business-only Wi-Fi Chipset Revenue, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
List of Figures
Figure 1. Wi-Fi Chipset Unit Shipment Forecasts by Market Segment (Units in Thousands)
Figure 2. Atheros’ AR5008 Draft n Chipset Design
Figure 3. Worldwide WLAN Chipset Unit Shipments per Wi-Fi Technology, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Figure 4. Worldwide WLAN Chipset Unit Breakdown per Market Segment, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Figure 5. Worldwide WLAN Chipset Revenue per Wi-Fi Technology, 2004-2011
Figure 6. Worldwide WLAN Chipset Revenue Breakdown per Market Segment, 2004-2011 (US$ in Thousands)
Figure 7. Portable CE Wi-Fi Chipset Breakdown by Market Segment, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
Figure 8. Stationary CE Wi-Fi Chipset Unit Breakdown by Market Segment, 2004-2011 (Units in Thousands)
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