© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Strategic Analysis Of the Global UWB and Zigbee Chipsets Market Growing Popularity of WPANs and Efficient Wireless Networking Technologies Promoting Growth of UWB & Zigbee Industrial Group “With the growing need for reliable wireless technology capable of supporting high-speed data transfer and the rising importance of WPAN, Ultra wideband (UWB) and ZigBee chipset technologies are positioned to meet the evolving demands in the wireless networking and control market space.”

© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends  Increasing impetus on silicon development and commercialization is driving the UWB chipsets market  Expanding horizon of application markets increasing opportunities for Zigbee and UWB  Development of single chip complete solutions with high levels of integration is prominently seen in the UWB chipsets market  CMOS: process technology of choice – influenced by cost, size and integration for UWB chipsets  Relatively limited activity in the silicon development front for Zigbee has been a dampener, but of less significance  The Asian market is viewed to favor early adoption of Zigbee as the emphasis on energy conserving automation devices is very high in this region

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© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What’s Included Analysis by Applications for UWB Chipsets  Wireless USB2.0 Applications  Digital Home Entertainment Analysis by Applications for Zigbee Chipsets  Home Automation  Home Networking  Industrial & Building Automation

© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What’s Included (Cont’d) Analysis by Frequency Bands for Zigbee Chipsets  2.5GHz  915MHz  868MHz Analysis by Geographic Regions for UWB and Zigbee Chipsets  North America  Europe  Asia Pacific  ROW

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