Wi Fi Chipset Market

Chipsets are designed to work with a specific family of microprocessors. These components control communications between the processor and an external device. In this rapidly progressing environment, the growing demand for high-power electronic products and increasing integration of Wi-Fi into homes and enterprises are contributing to the growth of electronic industry resulting in a positive growth of the Wi-Fi chipset market. The study also indicates that manufacturing and automotive industry would expect a substantial increase in Wi-Fi chipsets due to rising demand for miniaturization and automation. The recent news tells us that Qualcomm’s new 205 chipsets will bring Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, LTE to feature phones. Qualcomm has realized a potential that can be tapped in phones using power chipsets.

There has been a considerable increase in the demand for Wi-Fi chipsets. The technology advancement in communication protocols and the launch of new frequency bands in emerging countries, along with technological advancements in microelectronics are driving the market for Wi-Fi chipsets. The high costs in embedding the Wi-Fi chipsets into new products would result in complex structure which would be a restraining factor for Wi-Fi chipset market.

The Wi-Fi chipset market has been broadly classified on the basis of type, fabrication technology, die size, application, and others. By technology, the Wi-Fi chipset market has been segmented into mobile Wi-Fi and industrial Wi-Fi. Among these, mobile Wi-Fi dominated the market in 2018 and is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. By fabrication technology, the Wi-Fi chipset market has been bifurcated into FinFET, FDSOI CMOS, silicon on insulator (SOI), SiGe, and others. FinFET is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. By die size, the market has been classified into 28nm, 20nm, 14nm, 10nm, and others where 14nm dominated the market in 2018 and also growing at the highest CAGR. By application, the market has been classified into smartphones, tablets, and PC where smartphones accounted for the highest CAGR.

The global Wi-Fi chipset market comprises various manufacturers, government research firms, universities, and technical institutes that engage in developing and making advancements in the Wi-Fi chipset market. The major players considered in the scope of Wi-Fi chipset market are Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Mediatek Inc., Intel Corporation, STMicroelectronics NV, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, Global Foundries, Broadcom Inc, On Semiconductor (Quantenna Communications Inc), Texas Instruments Inc., Samsung Electronics Co Ltd., and United Microelectronics Corporation among others. The competition in the Wi-Fi chipset industry is rapidly increasing owing to the entry of new players in the market serving various application areas.