According to In-Stat USB-Enabled Product Shipments Will Double by 2010.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- USB-enabled electronics device annual shipments will double from 1.4 billion in 2005 to 2.8 billion in 2010, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com), a high-tech market research firm. Included in this forecast are products in the PC, PC peripheral, Consumer Electronics (CE) and Communications segments, with several USB types serving applications in these segments, including low-, full-, and high-speed USB, as well as the newest entrant, Wireless USB (WUSB).

"Targets of WUSB backers are USB cables on the PC desktop, as well as temporary connections between mobile and fixed devices, such as portable digital audio players and PCs, or digital still cameras and printers," says Brian O'Rourke, In-Stat analyst. "Two flavors of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio, Direct Sequence (DS) and the WiMedia Alliance version, based on Multiband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MB-OFDM) technology, are competing in the WUSB space."

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

--Currently, the primary issue for many peripherals is the transition from full-speed to high-speed USB.

--WUSB will debut in the PC market in 2006 via hub and dongle solutions that will connect to PCs, and will be marketed by companies such as Belkin and Gefen.

--The CE segment saw significantly increased penetration of USB in 2005 in digital televisions, set top boxes and DVD recorders.

The research, "USB 2006: Here Comes Wireless" (#IN0602962MI), covers the worldwide market for USB-enabled electronics products. It covers applications for the Universal Serial Bus (USB) in four mass-market segments: PCs, PC peripherals, consumer electronics and communications. It does not cover USB in more specialized commercial applications, such as measurement, control, or point-of-sale systems. It includes forecasts of average selling prices of controllers and USB market penetration by product type through 2010.

For more information on this research, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/Ccatalogue.asp?id=161 or contact Erin McKeighan at 480-609-4551 or [e-mail]. The price is $3,495 (US).

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