Merchant DSP Boards to Grow to $760 Million by 2008
2/19/2004 - VDC forecasts the total market opportunity for merchant DSP boards will be US$ 760 million in 2008, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) between 2002 and 2008 of 5.7%.
- Slot Cards - PCI boards comprise both the largest dollar volume and unit volume shipments.
- Mezzanine/Daughter Cards and Plug-In Modules - Cards/modules using RISC processors represent the largest shares. Most of these are used in VME-based multiprocessing systems, particularly aimed at the Military/Aerospace and Medical Imaging market segments.
- Other Platforms - These boards primarily comprise PC/104 family, PCMCIA and Stand Alone configurations. PC/104-Plus appears to be the soundest of these platforms, with relatively high (and increasing) unit and dollar volume shipment shares.
Although generally speaking Digital Signal Processing is growing at an extremely high rate, this has not translated into the embedded merchant board space. Projected growth rates, although respectable, are expected to remain in the mid-single digits for the foreseeable future.
The real growth lies in deeply embedded applications, with boards that are customer and end-product specific. While these provide opportunities for silicon vendors and contract manufacturing houses, products using these boards are not designed to accept merchant boards.
About VDC
Founded in 1971, VDC is a technology market research and consulting firm that specializes in industrial and commercial electronics, computing, communications, software and power systems markets.
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