2010: The Year Competition and
Stakes Rise Dramatically in the Mobile Device Silicon Market

2010 promises to be a rebound year for the overall mobile device silicon market. After enduring steep challenges during the global recession of 2008-2009, the mobile device semiconductor market segment is poised to experience double-digit growth rates during 2010.

The competition among mobile device silicon vendors will intensify during 2010 as a result. Key competitive issues include robust debates regarding discrete architectures versus integrated architectures and the growing importance of embedded software development cycle management for system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs among a range of evolving challenges that confront the industry.

In this Webinar, Ron Westfall, Current Analysis Research Director, Silicon, looked at the burgeoning mobile device silicon market and the increased competition among vendors. The Webinar addresses other key issues including:

• The evolution of “superphones”
• The trending toward ARM processor-centric mobile PC-related technologies
• Expansion of dual-mode technologies

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Ron Westfall Research Director, Silicon Ron is responsible for tracking the evolution and key developments within the global semiconductor and integrated circuit market, including mobile device applications. Ron brings over twelve years of analytical experience to the overall silicon market, including specialization in network-related chipsets, regulatory issues, network security, and telecom infrastructure technologies in general. Jeff Ogle Senior Analyst, Mobile Device Silicon As Senior Analyst, Mobile Device Silicon, Jeff monitors the technology, product, and partnership initiatives of the mobile device silicon vendors who create, design and bring to market the high performance integrated circuits and chipsets which enable mobile devicescluding; Network Access and VPNs, Voice and Unified Communications, Security, Data Center, Mobility, and Wholesale.

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