ABI Research Sees 2.4GHz Products Ready to Win Share in Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Markets.LONDON -- The wireless HID (human interface device) market, which includes wireless mice, keyboards, and remote controls, has historically been dominated by products operating in the 27MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. band. But 2008 looks set to be a crossover year in which shipments of 2.4GHz-based products outstrip those running at 27MHz, thanks to wholesale product changes by major OEMs. ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research expects that by 2011, 2.4GHz products will account for triple the number of 27MHz products shipped. Some wireless HID products may employ other communication methods such as Bluetooth, but according to research director Stuart Carlaw, "Bluetooth still does not have price points low enough to allow it to penetrate much outside of its present territory: products aimed at smartphones, and mice for use with Bluetooth-enabled laptops. The narrowing cost differential between 2.4GHz and 27MHz ICs and the improved range of 2.4GHz mean that 2.4GHz products are well positioned to take advantage of the growing need to support media center PCs with rich navigational solutions such as Vista's Side Show." A new ABI Research Brief, "Wireless PAN Technologies in PC and Mobile HID" forecasts the total market for wireless HID to grow from just over 100 million units in 2005 to over 168 million units in 2012, at a CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate of 8%. A respectable share of that growth may be claimed by companies such as Nordic Semiconductor and TI, which stand to profit from the shift to 2.4GHz products. According to Carlaw, a wildcard See wild cards and wildcard mask. in the development and growth of this market is Wibree, the new low-power wireless local area network technology. "While Wibree is interesting and may have significant potential," he says, "it is still very new, and the jury remains out on the question of whether it can make significant inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ in the wireless HID market." "Wireless PAN Technologies in PC and Mobile HID" (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/research_brief/Short-Range_Wirele ss_Market_Update/104) profiles market trends affecting the uptake of wireless HID in both mobile and computing environments. It addresses issues including the market mix of 27MHz and 2.4GHz products, the impact of standardized products such as Bluetooth and Wibree, and rich navigation scenarios stemming from Media Center and Vista uptake. It forms part of two ABI Research Services: Short Range Wireless (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Short_Range_Wireless_Rese arch_Service), and Home Networking (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Home_Networking_Research_ Service). (Due to the length of the above URLs, it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. these hyperlinks into your Internet browser's URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. address field.) Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in broadband and multimedia, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. & contactless, M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month , wireless connectivity, mobile wireless, transportation, and emerging technologies. For information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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