Freescale extends leadership in wired, wireless comms processors market
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Rankings issued by Gartner report that Freescale Semiconductor has extended its position as the market leader in wired and wireless communications processors.
According to the market analyst, Freescale held 53% of the market in 2010 and was placed more than 40% ahead of its nearest competitor.
The report says that the company's multicore QorIQ products played a 'key role' in its leadership expansion.
"Adoption of multicore QorIQ processors among customers targeting wired and wireless communications processors is strong and getting stronger," said Brett Butler, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Networking Processor Division. "There is tremendous opportunity ahead for further innovation in communications processors and Freescale is leading the way with its QorIQ communications platforms."
Global growth of IP traffic is driving demand for rich digital content and pushing for advances in wired and wireless networking equipment. According to Gartner, wireless data volumes are doubling every year on a worldwide basis. Freescale established the communications processor market in 1989 by delivering the industry's first multiprotocol microprocessor and since then has shipped more than 300million communications processor units.
