Market research shows increased opportunities for RF Online integrated circuits (RFICs) in mobile wireless base stations. The latest report on the topic from ABI Research, "High-Power RFICs," details that RFICs continue to take an increasingly significant share of this market. According to Research Director, Lance Wilson, the reasons for this are clear: "Compared to the discrete devices they can replace, high-power RFICs take up less circuit board space; they are easier to use; and hey cost the same or slightly less." He adds that "ABI Research expects that the pace of this market adoption will only increase over time."
The rate of growth in shipment numbers is expected to level out slightly in 2011, but overall, between 2008 and 2013,RF Online Gold revenue growth from this market will show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6 percent, which may seem modest but should be viewed as strong in an overall declining RF power device market for wireless infrastructure. The lion’s share of these revenues will go to three large vendors. The market study identifies the factors driving the RFIC market, discusses the device technologies and the vendor landscape, explains this technology’s disruptive potential, and contains new, accelerated forecasts.
