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2013 the first year application processors surpassed one billion units
Forward Concepts has published the report, "Comprehensive Cellphone & Tablet Chip Markets '14."
Some 2013 market observations in the report are below:
"¢ Smartphone consumption reached 51 percent of the cellphone market (800 million units), followed by mid range, budget and feature phones at 24 percent 13 percent and 12 percentshares, respectively
"¢ 63 percent of the cellular connected devices have a 3G or 3G/4G modem inside.3G/4G LTE and TD-SCDMA basebands grew rapidly to 13 percent and 14 percent of those modems, respectively
"¢ Baseband processors grew to $18 billion in 2013, with com-processors, thin modems and ultralow cost (ULC) revenues with 49 percent, 34 percent and 17 percent market shares, respectively
"¢ Qualcomm and Marvell will dominate the 3G/4G TDLTE/SCDMA com-processor market in 2014
"¢ Samsung has made a significant movement away from the standalone application processor to the integrated Qualcomm quadcore com"processor on all of its LTE smartphones
"¢ MediaTek, the 2nd largest supplier of 3G com"processors will surpass Qualcomm in the China market in 2014. Qualcomm has no answer for the low cost 3G Octa MT6592 until 3Q14 when it begins shipping its 64 bit CPU lineup
"¢ Spreadtrum's single core SC8810 com"processor captured the majority of 3G TD "SCDMA OEM sockets in 2013 with its $33 BOM cost while MediaTek ran away with the dual and quad core TD "SCDMA sockets
"¢ Forward Concepts expects the fixed Mi-Fi VoLTE router market to grow quickly among the mature 4G operators, reducing demand for fixed telephone and fixed broadband services providing increased opportunity for the pure play LTE modem suppliers such as Altair, GCT, Sequans and others. For this, the Cat4 movement has real value
"¢ Intel, the 2nd leading supplier of 3G thin modems in 2013 - will likely become the 2nd leading supplier of 3G/4G thin modems in 2014. Its focus will be on winning 3G/4G notebook and tablet orders.
"¢ 2013 was the first year that application processors surpassed one billion units with 44.5 percent of them as standalone units. The firm expects standalone consumption among smartphones to decline further in 2014 as more become part of com-processors
"¢ Standalone processor newcomers, Allwinner, Amlogic, Rockchip, Via and Marvell grew rapidly, collectively capturing over 20 percent of the low cost Android tablets in 2013
"¢ MediaTek was the first to announce the availability of a five in one combo device with Wi-iFi acn, BT4.0, FM, GLONASS and NFC
"¢ Among sensors, there was integration of the gyro and accelerometer sensors with InvenSense challenging STMicroelectronics for integrated gyro market share. Synaptics, Fingerprint Card (and licensee CrucialTec) will benefit mostly from the fast adoption rate of biometric sensors in 2014
"¢ Proximity gesture devices have emerged from Maxim, integrating RGB color detection with accurate proximity sensing
Some 2013 market observations in the report are below:
"¢ Smartphone consumption reached 51 percent of the cellphone market (800 million units), followed by mid range, budget and feature phones at 24 percent 13 percent and 12 percentshares, respectively
"¢ 63 percent of the cellular connected devices have a 3G or 3G/4G modem inside.3G/4G LTE and TD-SCDMA basebands grew rapidly to 13 percent and 14 percent of those modems, respectively
"¢ Baseband processors grew to $18 billion in 2013, with com-processors, thin modems and ultralow cost (ULC) revenues with 49 percent, 34 percent and 17 percent market shares, respectively
"¢ Qualcomm and Marvell will dominate the 3G/4G TDLTE/SCDMA com-processor market in 2014
"¢ Samsung has made a significant movement away from the standalone application processor to the integrated Qualcomm quadcore com"processor on all of its LTE smartphones
"¢ MediaTek, the 2nd largest supplier of 3G com"processors will surpass Qualcomm in the China market in 2014. Qualcomm has no answer for the low cost 3G Octa MT6592 until 3Q14 when it begins shipping its 64 bit CPU lineup
"¢ Spreadtrum's single core SC8810 com"processor captured the majority of 3G TD "SCDMA OEM sockets in 2013 with its $33 BOM cost while MediaTek ran away with the dual and quad core TD "SCDMA sockets
"¢ Forward Concepts expects the fixed Mi-Fi VoLTE router market to grow quickly among the mature 4G operators, reducing demand for fixed telephone and fixed broadband services providing increased opportunity for the pure play LTE modem suppliers such as Altair, GCT, Sequans and others. For this, the Cat4 movement has real value
"¢ Intel, the 2nd leading supplier of 3G thin modems in 2013 - will likely become the 2nd leading supplier of 3G/4G thin modems in 2014. Its focus will be on winning 3G/4G notebook and tablet orders.
"¢ 2013 was the first year that application processors surpassed one billion units with 44.5 percent of them as standalone units. The firm expects standalone consumption among smartphones to decline further in 2014 as more become part of com-processors
"¢ Standalone processor newcomers, Allwinner, Amlogic, Rockchip, Via and Marvell grew rapidly, collectively capturing over 20 percent of the low cost Android tablets in 2013
"¢ MediaTek was the first to announce the availability of a five in one combo device with Wi-iFi acn, BT4.0, FM, GLONASS and NFC
"¢ Among sensors, there was integration of the gyro and accelerometer sensors with InvenSense challenging STMicroelectronics for integrated gyro market share. Synaptics, Fingerprint Card (and licensee CrucialTec) will benefit mostly from the fast adoption rate of biometric sensors in 2014
"¢ Proximity gesture devices have emerged from Maxim, integrating RGB color detection with accurate proximity sensing
