市場調(diào)研公司Semicast的研究報告表示，2010年ARM已經(jīng)超過MIPS，Power Architecture 和X86等處理器架構(gòu)，成為數(shù)字家庭應(yīng)用的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。此外，該報告表示，ARM的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位是“在中期明顯增加”的。
根據(jù)Semicast，在2010年，Broadcom和三星是數(shù)字家庭應(yīng)用的嵌入式處理器領(lǐng)先供應(yīng)商，與IBM，瑞薩電子和德州儀器共同占據(jù)前五名?？偟膩碚f，五大供應(yīng)商占了這個市場近一半的份額，其中4家更是ARM架構(gòu)的堅定擁護者和持牌人。
Semicast沒有提供任何量化數(shù)據(jù)，但稱，Power Architecture架構(gòu)在數(shù)字家庭的收益會因為下一代游戲機的問世而短暫提高，之后趨緩。
英特爾的x86架構(gòu)目前已借個人電腦的平臺遍布在各個家庭中，但在傳統(tǒng)的家用消費電子則沒有建樹。平板電腦和上網(wǎng)本的出現(xiàn)為intel x86進入家電領(lǐng)域提供了一個機會，Semicast表示，但這扇門同時也為ARM開啟。 x86也將加入數(shù)字電視和機頂盒的競爭中，這個領(lǐng)域他的對手是MIPS和ARM。 Semicast預(yù)測，2016年，x86架構(gòu)在數(shù)字家庭領(lǐng)域的收入將超過Power Architecture架構(gòu)。
“我們預(yù)測未來ARM在數(shù)字家庭應(yīng)用的成功包括多種類型的設(shè)備，但增長最顯著的領(lǐng)域是電子圖書閱讀器，平板電腦和上網(wǎng)本?！盨emicast研究機構(gòu)的首席分析師Colin Barnden在一份聲明中說到。
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Semicast tips ARM to build lead in the home
Peter Clarke
LONDON – Market research firm Semicast Research Ltd. has said that ARM increased its lead over the MIPS, Power Architecture and x86 processor architectures in digital home applications in 2010. In addition the firm said that ARM's lead is "set to increase significantly in the medium term."
Broadcom and Samsung were the two leading suppliers of embedded processors to digital home applications in 2010, with IBM, Renesas Electronics and Texas Instruments completing the top five, according to Semicast (Waterlooville, England). Collectively, the top five suppliers accounted for almost half of the market between them, according to Semicast. And four out of the five are licensees strongly committed to the ARM architecture.
Semicast did not provide any quantitative data but argued that revenues for Power Architecture in digital home will stall after short-term boost from production of next-generation games consoles.
Intel's x86 architecture has been present in the home through the ubitquity of the personal computer but barely at all in traditional consumer electronics. The emergence of tablet and netbook computers provides an opportunity for x86 in the digital home, Semicast said, but also for ARM. The x86 will also do well in digital TVs and set-top boxes, where it would be taking some slots off MIPS and some from ARM. Semicast is forecasting revenues for x86 in the digital home to pass those for Power Architecture around 2016.
"ARM's future success in the digital home is forecast across most equipment types, but one of the leading areas for growth is set to be e-book readers, media tablets and netbooks," said Colin Barnden, principal analyst at Semicast Research, in a statement.
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