Bluetooth 2007: Silicon Integration and New Standards Complicate the Worldwide Market.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c64109) has announced the addition of Bluetooth 2007: Silicon Integration and New Standards Complicate the Worldwide Market to their offering.

Bluetooth had another successful year in 2006, and will have continued success in 2007. Mobile phones continued to be the dominant application for Bluetooth in 2006, representing over three-quarters of Bluetooth-enabled device shipments. Mono headsets and notebook PCs were the next largest applications.

The Bluetooth silicon market is beginning to see some consolidation, as larger silicon vendors add new capabilities, such as Wi-Fi and GPS, to their chip portfolios, either by internal development or acquisition. The goal is to create combined radio silicon that is being demanded by mobile phone vendors. In addition, new standards, such as Ultra Low Power (ULP) Bluetooth (also known as Wibree) and high data rate Bluetooth (also called Bluetooth 3.0) are coming.

This report contains analysis and five-year forecasts for all Bluetooth-enabled products, including those in the PC, Communications, CE, Automotive, and Industrial/Medical segments. Annual Bluetooth chip shipments and revenue forecasts by Bluetooth type through 2011 are also provided, including shipment and revenue forecasts for Bluetooth over UWB and ULP Bluetooth silicon. In addition, the report also contains responses on Bluetooth and wireless headsets from three separate In-Stat surveys: domestic phone and web surveys, and an international web survey of Japanese, Korean, German, French, and British consumers. Brief profiles of major Bluetooth silicon suppliers are also provided.

Content Outline:

Executive Summary
PC Market Overview
Introduction
Technology Overview
Wireless Ultrawideband (WUWB)
Forecast
Wireless 1394
Wireless USB
Forecast
Bluetooth
Forecast
WiNET
WLAN
Forecast
Infrared (IR)
Technology Comparisons
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
UWB (OFDM, CWave)
MB-OFDM
CWave
Comparison
Data Protocol/Standard
Conclusion
Methodology
Glossary
Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

Table 1. Challenges for PC Wireless Interconnects
Table 2. PC Forecast for Desktop and Mobile PCs
Table 3. Description of Application Layer Frames and the Data (Text,
 Picture, Voice, Video, Metadata) Transfer Rates Needed to
 Successfully Execute a Command
Table 4. Data Flow Model
Table 5. Network Model
Table 6. Overall Wireless UWB Penetration in PCs and PC Peripherals,
 Consumer Electronics, Handheld Devices, and Digital Handsets (Units
 in Thousands)
Table 7. Total WUSB-Enabled Device Summary Forecast (Units in
 Thousands)
Table 8. Wireless USB ASP Forecast
Table 9. Bluetooth Over UWB Summary Forecast
Table 10. Draft n/802.11n Chipset Shipments by Device Segment (Units
 in Thousands)
Table 11. Wi-Fi Technologies Comparison
Table 12. Comparative Table Between UWB and 802.11n Technologies
Table 13. Comparative Table Between UWB and 802.11n Technologies
Table 14. Large File Transfer
Table 15. Overall Wireless Interconnects and PC Growth (Units in
 Thousands)

List of Figures

Figure 1. Worldwide PC Unit Shipments Forecast (in Millions)
Figure 2. Convergence and/or Integration of Legacy Data Standards With
 the UWB Radio Standard

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