Smartphone ICs Are Not A Comfortable Place To be
May 3, 2011
Despite 15% revenue growth and 13% unit growth for smartphones in 2010, the smartphone IC business moves towards commoditisation and consolidation like Intel-Infineon; Broadcom-Beceem; Qualcomm-Atheros.
The top ten application processor suppliers, including Qualcomm, TI, Samsung, Apple, and Marvell, together accounted for some 85% of all revenues for the segment in 2010, says ABI Research.
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