Chipping away at wireless handsets: market evolution under way as chipmakers race to supply 3G needs.(Technology)

Wireless Week, December, 2004 by Smith, Brad

Semiconductor sales rebounded over the past year, which is good news for the chip industry. One of the main reasons for the upturn was the swelling market for mobile phones. With increasing emphasis on computing power in handsets, that trend is only going to increase. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported a 27.4 percent increase in chip sales during the third quarter of 2004, compared to the same period a year earlier.

SIA also predicts record sales of $214 billion for the entire year, followed by a year of flat sales overall due to over-supplies, but followed by increases of 6.3 percent and 14.2 percent in 2006 and 2007, respectively. SIA says consumer products, including mobile phones, will drive growth as consumers become more...

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