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Market Trends: Mobile Application Processors Drive the Demand of Advanced Logic Semiconductor Technology, 2012
31 May 2012
 
Samuel Tuan Wang   Michele Reitz  

Baseband and application processors serving the fast growth of mobile devices will drive the demand for advanced semiconductor logic technologies. Future fab capacity expansion must be carefully planned as optimization of die sizes will be required to serve the cost-sensitive mobile market.




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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Trends in the Market
  • Market: Large, Multicore Mobile Application Processors Entering Market
    • Manufacturing Considerations for Mobile Devices
      • Die Size Matters
      • Process Technology Optimization
      • IP Optimization
      • Yield Consideration
    • The Impact
      • Adequate Expansion of Fab Capacity
      • Increased Revenue of Wafers to Manufacturers
  • Contrarian View
  • Vendors to Watch
  • Conclusions
  • Recommended Reading
Tables
Table 1.
Die Sizes and Key Features of Some Popular Mobile Application Processors
Table 2.
Die-Size Assumption for Mobile Application Processors in Mobile Phones and Media Tablets
Table 3.
Summary of 300 mm Wafers Required Annually to Fabricate Mobile Application Processors for Mobile Phones and Tablets (Using Table 2 Die Sizes)
Figures
Figure 1.
Production Growth of Mobile Phones, in Thousands of Units per Year, by Phone Type, 2009-2016
Figure 2.
Growth of Mobile Phone Sell-Through, in Thousands of Units per Year, by End-User ASP, 2009-2016
Figure 3.
Sales of Media Tablets to End Users, in Thousands of Units per Year, by Operating System, 2010-2016
Figure 4.
Annual Revenue of Application-Specific Chips, 2009-2016 (Millions of Dollars)
Figure 5.
Number of Good Dies per 300 mm Wafer and Number of Wafers for 1 Million Good Dies vs. Die Sizes (in mm 2 ) at 0.15 Defect per Inch 2
Figure 6.
Annual 300 mm Wafers Required for Mobile Application Processors, 2010-2016




This document is published in the following Dataquest Market Insights:
 
Semiconductor Industry Worldwide
Semiconductor Applications Worldwide
Semiconductor and Electronic Manufacturing Worldwide
Semiconductor Industry Asia/Pacific




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