Taiwan IC technical challenges 06 years will dominate the MP3 Market

Yesky November 23rd news (reporter Gu Meng) 2005, Taiwan IC design company in MP3 control chip market performance, the global shortage of 5% MP3 with a Taiwan MP3 control chip.

But a day before the company IC Design Department of Taiwan officials told reporters, the Department of Taiwan company in 2006 will be an opportunity to reverse the MP3 control chip market. The source said that in 2006 the global MP3 market is still a growth state, the future control chip by USB1.1 to USB2.0 interface, single chip IC design company in Taiwan need to come up with USB2.0 interface solutions, in order to gain a foothold in the fierce competition in the market.

At present, SigamTel and Zhuhai actions led by the integration of USB, 2 sound chip and the power supply protection IC MP3 single chip solution to the price of about $4, but the people who predicted that once the Taiwan manufacturers launch performance solutions are similar, the average price will fall to $3 the left and right.

At the same time, the person also pointed out that the integration of video features will be the future direction of the development of the MP3 market, IC design companies have to be prepared in this market.