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SiGe devices market “to hit $2 billion in 2006”

A new report from the analyst Frost & Sullivan predicts that the SiGe device market will grow at an annual average of 42% and reach over $2 billion by 2006.

The market for SiGe devices will be more than $2 billion in 2006, claims a new report from the US market analyst Frost & Sullivan.

According to the analyst company, the SiGe device market stood at $520 million in 2002, and will grow at almost 42% year on year to reach $2.09 billion in 2006.

The total market is expected to cross the billion-dollar mark this year to reach $1.04 billion.

Automotive radar systems, optical communications, cell phone handsets and Bluetooth applications are among the key markets driving adoption of the technology, says Frost & Sullivan.

The biggest single application area for the technology is currently the cellular market, which represented $234 million, or 45% of the total market in 2002.

The cellular market is expected to grow fastest of all application segments, and to generate $1.08 billion in revenue in 2006. Cellular device applications include power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers and transceivers.

Frost & Sullivan has calculated that the market for SiGe devices in GPS, Bluetooth and wireless local area network (WLAN) applications will grow at a slightly slower pace, from $78 million currently (15% of the total) to $250 million in 2006.

The analyst company counted applications in optical networking, hard-disk drives and automotive radar together as a single segment in its report.

These three applications together generated the remaining $208 million (40%) of revenue in 2002 and are expected to reach $762.5 million in 2006.

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