- 5 June 2006 -

Report Says 289m UWB chipsets to ship in 2010

According to In-Stat, manufacturers will begin shipping Ultrawideband (UWB) chipsets in 2H06 and shipments are expected to ramp up with a total of 289 million chipsets shipping in the year 2010. PCs will be the initial and largest volume market for UWB wireless chipsets, with PC vendors shipping over 125 million desktop and laptop PCs with UWB capability by 2010.

"The Personal Area Network (PAN) has been waiting for a wireless solution to complement the established wired applications," says Chris Kissel, In-Stat analyst. "This nascent technology is necessary to transmit large data files found in computers or in consumer electronics applications. UWB allows consumers to get rid of their rats' nests of wires in the living room or near their PC."

In-Stat found that UWB chipsets will first start appearing in wireless USB dongles in late 2006. From there, the usage will start to show up as PCMCIA cards that go into the PC motherboard. The last form factor to see widespread adoption of UWB will be cellphones.
The research, "Ultrawideband: The Calm Before the Norm" (#IN0601964RC), covers the market for UWB chipsets. It contains market penetration forecasts in several categories for UWB chipsets through 2010. It also updates the status of regulatory boards in all parts of the world pertaining to UWB, analyzes market inhibitors and enablers, and discusses which vendors will be targeting which applications.

This research is part of In-Stat's Residential Connectivity Service, which examines all the clusters of the connected home and how they will connect from an equipment, silicon, services, and applications perspective. This service guides all individuals interested in areas such as wired and wireless home network hardware, entertainment networking, consumer network storage, home automation, home network silicon, residential gateways, and more.

For more information, please visit: email.in-stat.com The price is $3,495 (US).