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| USB 2005: The Market for USB-enabled
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The Universal Serial Bus (USB) continued
to live up to its name in 2004, showing up in a number of product
segments, including PCs, PC peripherals, consumer electronics and
communications. A number of types of USB serve these various markets,
including low-speed, full-speed, high-speed, On-The-Go, and the newest
entrant, Wireless USB.
In 2004, PCs and PC peripherals have seen continued transition
to high-speed USB. The consumer electronics segment has seen continued
adoption of both full- and high-speed USB, especially in digital cameras
and set top boxes. In the communications segment, mobile phones began
to adopt full-speed USB in large numbers in 2004.
Wireless USB will allow the USB standard to operate wirelessly
via an Ultra Wideband radio Phy and MAC. It promises to have an effect
particularly on those portable USB-enabled devices that make frequent
ad-hoc connections, such as portable digital audio players, digital
still cameras and digital camcorders.
This USB market report contains five-year forecasts for the
penetration and of low/full-speed USB, high-speed USB, USB On-The-Go
and Wireless USB 1.0 into 44 separate applications. Five-year USB
forecasts for average selling prices for USB host controllers, USB
peripheral controllers, USB hub controllers, and Wireless USB 1.0
solutions are provided. Past history of USB penetration forecasts
back to 2002 is also included, in addition to brief profiles of major
USB silicon and IP suppliers.
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