Reports

Our reports provide an overview of a particular market segment, including market size, technology trends, and expected developments. We analyze all announced products in that segment, compare key technical features, performance, and architecture then highlight strengths and weaknesses. Clients find our reports particularly useful when selecting a vendor or partner. We also provide tutorial material for those who are less familiar with the technical terminology or standards.

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Quantitative Reports
  May 2012   Communications Semiconductor Market Share 2011
Provides market share data for more than 20 categories of communications semiconductors, including Ethernet products, broadband interface chips, embedded processors, FPGAs, interconnect chips, 32-bit CPU IP, and home-networking chips.
  October 2011   Communications Semiconductor Market Forecast 2010–2015
Provides a five-year forecast for more than a dozen categories of wired communications semiconductors, including network processors, 10GbE components, PON and VDSL transceivers, network search engines, optical-transport ICs, CPU IP, FPGAs, embedded microprocessors, and home-networking ICs.
  October 2011   Mobile Semiconductor Market Share Forecast 2010-2015
Forecasts market size and vendor share for five categories of semiconductors for mobile applications: cellular baseband processors, application processors, Bluetooth transceivers, mobile Wi-Fi chips, and GPS receivers.
Technology Reports
  April 2012   A Guide to CPU Cores and Processor IP
Covers intellectual property (IP) cores that can be used in system-on-a-chip (SoC) and ASIC designs, including CPU, DSP, and GPU.
  March 2012   A Guide to 10G Ethernet Controllers and Adapters
Covers PCI Express controller chips for 10G and 40G Ethernet, which are used in server LOM designs. Also covers adapters and mezzanine cards, including 10GbE/40GbE NICs and CNAs.
  January 2012   A Guide to Processors for Network Security
A Guide to Processors for Network Security, focuses on processors that integrate hardware acceleration for security functions, including high-throughput encryption, content inspection, compression, and/or packet processing.
  November 2011   A Guide to Ethernet Switch and PHY Chips
The Ethernet market is marked by technology transitions, which often result in large shifts in vendor share. In Ethernet switches, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) shipments are growing quickly, with Broadcom, Marvell, and Intel (formerly Fulcrum) competing to establish a leadership position.
  August 2011   A Guide to High-Speed Embedded Processors
Covers high-end embedded processors used for handling the complex functions required by networking applications, automotive, consumer devices, industrial control, medical imaging, and more.
  August 2011   A Guide To Server Processors
focuses on processors designed specifically for enterprise and cloud data-center applications, examining processor performance, integration, power dissipation, and overall system design
  May 2011   A Guide to Mobile Processors
covers application and integrated processors designed for handheld equipment
  April 2011   A Guide to Network Processors
focuses on NPUs spanning data rates from 2Gbps to 100Gbps. New in this edition is coverage of search coprocessors.
  January 2011   A Guide to FPGAs
covers FPGAs and similar devices that can be used in networking, communications, and other high-end equipment.
  September 2010   A Guide to 3G/4G Wireless Chips
examines UMTS (including TD-SCDMA) and LTE baseband processors designed for use in wireless handsets (cell phones), smartphones, cellular modems, and other cellular devices.
  July 2010   A Guide to High-Speed Interconnects
examines the leading high-speed interconnect technologies, including PCI Express, RapidIO, Light Peak, Active Optical Cables (AOC), and 40Gbps/100Gbps Ethernet. Also covered are switch products for PCI Express and RapidIO, and IO virtualization appliances.
  March 2010   A Guide to CPU Cores and Processor IP
covers intellectual property (IP) cores that can be used in networking and communications system-on-a-chip (SoC) and ASIC designs, including CPU, DSP, GPU and video-engine IP.
  March 2010   A Guide to Mobile Connectivity Chips
focuses on Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, FM, and GPS chips that target mobile devices, including cell phones, PDAs, media players, and other handheld devices.

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About Our Reports

The reports are written in-house by our expert analysts. Technical accuracy is very high, as each vendor provides and reviews information about their products. We add our analysis and insight, comparing and contrasting the various offerings and indicating the applications for which they are best suited. To ensure that our opinions are objective and unbiased, The Linley Group does not accept retainers from the companies we cover. Our reports have been purchased by hundreds of companies, including network equipment makers, software vendors, chip makers, and investment firms.

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