Digital Cable To Drive Growing Demand For GaAs

March 27, 2008

According to the latest forecast from market research specialist Strategy Analytics, GaAs device demand from digital cable markets will grow at a compound annual average growth rate (CAAGR) of 11 percent through 2012. The report, "GaAs Device Demand from Digital Cable Markets 2007-2012," predicts continued demand from digital cable markets with the continued rollout and upgrade of cable networks to digital and high-definition platforms driving the bulk of demand over the next five years. The rollout of cable infrastructure will account for a growing proportion of this growth through 2012, accounting for 57 percent of GaAs device demand in 2007 and growing to 67% of demand by 2012.

The firm's GaAs Service Director, Asif Anwar, explains: "Cable infrastructure applications, namely line amplifiers and hybrid amplifiers, will continue to constitute the main demand for GaAs MMICs for the next five years. These products are used in the cable infrastructure networks as system amplifiers, line extenders, and fiber nodes."

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.