With high performance smartphones and new operating systems, wireless semiconductors has undergone major changes, over the past few years. Furthermore, technological advancement and changing lifestyles has encouraged consumers to use internet anywhere and anytime through mobile phones, resulting into higher usage of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Semiconductors for wireless communications enable seamless communication with other wireless enabled devices. Wireless local area network (WLAN) adapters or WLAN cards utilize these chipsets for the high-speed transfer of data. Semiconductors for wireless communications include products such as cellular baseband processors, mobile Wi-Fi chips, Bluetooth transceivers, global positioning system (GPS) receivers, and near-field communication chips and others. Moreover, semiconductor vendors are currently advancing their offerings by integrating Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the same silicon making them cheaper.
Semiconductors for Wireless Communications Market: Drivers and Restraints
Rapid advancements in wireless communication networks are thereby increasing the demand for semiconductors for wireless communications. In addition to this some of the prominent drivers for semiconductors for wireless communications market are factors such as increasing trends of IoT, benefits provided over cost and rigid nature of traditional semiconductors, and growing adoption of portable consumer electronic devices among others.
On the other hand, factors such as high initial investments and technical complexities in embedded chipsets development may act as a major restraint for the semiconductors for wireless communications market.
Mobile Semiconductors for Wireless Communications Market: Segmentation
Semiconductors for wireless communications market can be segmented on the basis of products, application, and regions. On the basis of product the semiconductors for wireless communications market can be segmented into cellular baseband processors, mobile Wi-Fi chips, Bluetooth transceivers, global positioning system (GPS) receivers, and near-field communication chips and others.
On the basis of application, the semiconductors for wireless communications market can be segmented as consumer electronics and automotive. Regionally, semiconductors for wireless communications market can be segmented into North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Asia Pacific excluding Japan, Japan, and Middle East and Africa.
Mobile Semiconductors for Wireless Communications Market: Regional Outlook
Semiconductors for wireless communications market is dominated by the North America, and Western Europe region. North America dominance is attributed to the wide presence of key semiconductors for wireless communications providers, as well as U.S. is considered as the high adopter of connected technology. On the other hand, Asia Pacific Excl.