xDSL Chip Sales To Hit $700 Million
(02/06/98; 11:34 a.m. EST)
By SBN Staff, Semiconductor Business News
The worldwide market for the xDSL chip set is expected to increase with
triple-digit growth rates in the next couple of years, reaching 22 million
units and almost $700 million in revenues, according to In-Stat Thursday.
The Scottsdale, Ariz., market research company said both symmetrical and
asymmetrical DSL chip sets will show strong growth through 2002,
but ADSL, ADSL-Lite, and VDSL formats are most likely to generate the
bulk of the revenues for semiconductor companies participating in the
fast-emerging business.
"The ability to utilize existing copper wire to deliver high-speed access
many times the rates available from analog modems makes DSL
technology an immediate win for service providers, equipment and silicon
manufacturers, and especially end users," said Shannon Pleasant, analyst
for In-Stat's Communications Semiconductor End-Use Service. "The
push for standardized ADSL-Lite and the competitive pressures exerted on
RBOCs from cable companies will speed ADSL-Lite deployment in
particular, which is expected to begin this year, reaching mass deployment
in 1999." |
