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• Report: Mobile Content Explosion Makes Memory Cards A Big Money-Maker

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  With more content being created and consumed on mobile phones, an interesting phenomenon has occurred: memory cards have quickly become the biggest money maker in accessory sales, research firm ABI Research reports. It isn't surprising that consumers are scrambling for more storage since many cellphones these days come with...

  Tags: Phone, Memory Card, Mobile, ABI Research, Sales Strategy, Flash Memory, Memory, Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Entertainment, Research & Metrics, Social Media, Matt Kapko, SanDisk Corp.

• Availability of Combo Chipsets Will Drive Mass Market Integration of GPS in GSM Handsets from 2009, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-10

  LONDON -- GPS semiconductor vendors are increasingly focusing on GSM handsets as their next target market for GPS chipsets. While until now CDMA handsets and navigation devices have been the main GPS product categories, GSM mobile phones are expected to increasingly feature GPS-chipsets as handset-based navigation and a wide range...

  Tags: ABI Research, Chipsets, Components, GPS, GSM, Handhelds, handset, HARDWARE, integration, Semiconductors

• Small But Powerful Processor Designs May Go Head-to-Head in Robots, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-08-26

  NEW YORK -- Application processor vendors fight for their share of the large mobile handset space. There is an x86 versus ARM Advanced RISC Machine battle taking place in the ultra-mobile device UMD market. A similar fight could be on the horizon of the market for robots and robotic devices....

  Tags: ABI Research, ARM, Components, HARDWARE, Processors, robotics, Robots, Semiconductors

• Connected PNDs Delayed by Technical Issues and Economic Climate, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-08-21

  LONDON -- The wave of announcements of connected PNDs earlier this year has not yet resulted in many launches or significant sales volumes. The success of the Dash Express has been limited by a lack of branding and distribution strength, and connected PNDs from Mio and Magellan have still not...

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

  - 2008-07-31

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- 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...

  Tags: ABI Research, HARDWARE, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• GPS chipmakers headed for more consolidation?

  - 2008-07-01

  Chip makers in the GPS market may face an uncertain future, as differentiators have become price and the ease of integration, according to market research firm ABI Research. "The market for GPS semiconductors has reached a plateau," said principal analyst Dominique Bonte, ABI's principal analyst for telematics and navigation....

  Tags: ABI Research, chip, consolidation, GPS, Handhelds, HARDWARE, Semiconductors

• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Markets Are Evolving in Different Directions, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-06-25

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Global markets for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi both continue to show strong growth and will remain the leading personal area networking technologies, but prices and market developments are pushing each of them in new directions, according to a new short-range wireless communications forecast from ABI Research. Senior...

  Tags: ABI Research, Bluetooth, Chipsets, Components, handset, HARDWARE, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• RadioFrame Networks Announces Second Generation OmniRadio™ Microprocessor to Deliver Femtocell Solutions for the LTE and WiMAX Markets

  - 2008-05-14

  RadioFrame Named Industry's Most Innovative Femtocell Vendor in Recent ABI Research Report REDMOND, Wash. -- RadioFrame Networks RFN, the leader in small footprint, low cost wireless base stations, today announced plans for its second generation OmniRadio[TM] processor, setting the stage for RadioFrame to deliver low cost, high functionality femtocell...

  Tags: ABI Research, Components, HARDWARE, microprocessor, NETWORKING, Processors, RadioFrame Networks, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• High-Power RF Semiconductor Market To Approach $1 Billion By 2012

  - 2008-01-01

  NEW YORK, NY - The high-power RF semiconductor market is expected to approach $1 billion USD by 2012 according to a new research study from ABI Research. At present, the market is driven by a number of well-established transistor devices, such as silicon laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor LDMOS devices, and several...

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• Wi-Fi chipset shipments to reach 1B in mid-2008 (Electronic News)

  - 2007-02-19

  Boosted by the ever-growing popularity of cellular handsets and consumer electronics, Wi-Fi chipsets are enjoying robust shipment numbers that are only going to get better in coming years, according to ABI Research http://www.abiresearch.com. During 2006, the Wi-Fi semiconductor market shipped just under 200 million Wi-Fi...

  Tags: ABI Research, Chipsets, Components, handset, HARDWARE, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS