DSP futures unlike DRAMs are seen through rose colored glasses:
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Story posted at 8:30 a.m. EDT/5:30 a.m. PDT, 8/18/98
DSP sales to hit $13.8 billion by 2002, new report says
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Worldwide demand for
programmable digital signal processors will grow 20%
to $3.9 billion in 1998 and even stronger in the years
to follow due to the emergence of new DSP
applications, concluded a new report from Forward
Concepts here.
In the face of the overall semiconductor recession this
year, DSP chip revenues will continue to increase at a
strong pace in 1998 because of growth in digital
wireless communications systems, said the market
research firm today in releasing the results of its study.
Two other key DSP market segment--disk drive
controllers and modems--are being restrained by soft
pricing conditions, while the smaller audio and control
markets are experiencing moderate growth, Forward
Concepts said.
In 1999, programmable DSP revenues will surge by
32% with the emergence of new applications in digital
cameras, satellite phones, smart antennas, voce over
Internet provider, AC motor control and digital TV,
said the research firm. The new report estimates that
DSP market growth will continue at a 33%
compounded annual rate to $13.4 billion by 2002. |
