Broadband chip market 2Q07 update

Worldwide broadband chip market hit $2 billion revenue mark for the quarter 2Q07. Broadband chip shipments for the same period were estimated at 111.44 million units.

Texas Instruments continues to maintain lead in this segment with around 28% of the total share. ST Micro is the second largest player holding around 20% market share. Other significant players are Freescale, Broadcom and Infineon.
CPE remained the major consumer of chips for large volumes but revenue wise core and CPE contributed almost equal amounts in the quarter.

Maintaining leadership in the overall communications chip market is very much dependent on the leadership in this segment. Broadband and cellular are the two major segments in the telecoms market.