IDC 09 VoIP global semiconductor market will reach US $2 billion 400 million

According to the latest overseas media reports, local time Tuesday, industry analysts predict that the popularity of VoIP will greatly promote the rapid growth in demand for VoIP semiconductor products.

IDC, a market research firm, says global VoIP semiconductor sales will grow to $2 billion 400 million by 2009, with an average annual growth rate of 38.9% between 2004 and 2009.

This report mainly investigates the speech processing semiconductor products VoIP terminal market, including digital signal processor, ASSP/ASIC, PLD, SLIC and SLAC.

Nevertheless, the company also warned that, because VoIP has not been used out of the early difficulties, also entered a new stage, and for the production of semiconductor products for VoIP system vendors, challenges and opportunities coexist.

IDC semiconductor senior research analyst Ian Eigenbrod said, VoIP equipment manufacturers need to seek the opportunity to differentiate their products, while providing excellent solutions. This will help create new opportunities, and will lead the next stage of the VoIP semiconductor market continues to move forward, but also to create a market leader is also crucial."

At the same time, IDC predicts that by 2009 the media gateway, soft switches and broadband gateway, will occupy the vast majority of VoIP semiconductor shipments. In addition, IDC industry will predict the optimal framework launched a competition, and possibly end digital signal processor in speech signal channel dominance, while the VoIP function will also be implanted into the communication system, the voice will be a function of the network.