Industry Research from In-Stat

USB: The Universal Connection
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) has been the most successful interface in the history of PCs. While the first generation USB standard was introduced in 1996, it first emerged after Microsoft included native support for it in Windows 98. This led to near universal support in the PC market, and a growing share of PC peripheral and consumer electronic device markets. Today, USB connections can be found in a range of devices, from PC cameras to scanners, printers, digital camcorders and digital modems. USB 2.0 is poised to succeed the first generation USB standard, USB 1.x. It offers 40 times the speed of USB 1.x, yet is compatible with all USB 1.x devices. PCs will adopt the new standard quickly. PCs enabled with USB 2.0 host controllers will be seen on the market in large numbers in the first half of 2002. PCs with USB 2.0 integrated into the core logic chip set will come onto the market in the second half of 2002. USB 2.0 should completely penetrate the PC market over the next two to three years, with PC peripherals and consumer electronics following closely behind. Those devices which require higher speeds, such as external hard drives and external optical drives, should be the first to adopt the new standard, with significant numbers of these devices coming on to the market in 2002. This report contains five-year forecasts broken down by both application and USB specification.
DRAM Update - 4Q2001
Worldwide DRAM revenues rose in December to $877 million, bringing the quarter total to $2,138 million and the year to $11.2 billion, 61% below 2000. This DRAM Update presents tabular and graphical summaries of the monthly DRAM market results through December 2001, including density and regional breakouts and per megabit analysis. A table provides a key metric comparison of 2000 and 2001. Brief summaries of new product releases and other industry happenings during December 2001 and January 2002 are also included.
Embedded DSP in High-Complexity, Customer-Specific Semi-Custom Designs
This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the high-complexity, customer-specific embedded Digital Signal Processor (DSP) market. That is to say, designs that include pre-defined blocks of DSP, along with other functions, such as other memory, logic and/or analog, using a cell-based design approach. This market will see its worldwide revenues grow from a paltry $86 million last year to $201 million by the year 2006. This translates to a compound annual growth rate, 2001-2006, of 18.4%. End-use consumption of products designed using this technology is examined in detail by major end-use market; Electronic Data Processing (EDP), communications, consumer, industrial, military and automotive, as well as by major second-level end-use applications, such as networks, basestations, servers, etc. Geographic consumption for each of the four major regions, The Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific is also explored, as are operating voltage, packaging and mixed-signal trends. This report further explores, down to the functional level, i.e., other (or complimentary) functions, such as SRAM, DRAM, MPU/MCU, PCI, analog, et cetera, that will be included within the design, along with block(s) of embedded DSP. Two other areas analyzed in this report, relate to the companies that would embed this functional capability in future high-level designs, as well as who are suppliers of this type of technology.