Crosspoint Switch Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2009-2015

Table of Contents

Crosspoint Switch Executive Summary ES-1

Demand For Integrated Communications Semiconductors ES-1

Crosspoint Switch Market Shares ES-6

National Semiconductor MuxBuffer ES-9

Crosspoint Switch Market Forecasts ES-10

1. Crosspoint Switch Market Dynamics and

Market Description 1-1

1.1 Internet And Wireless Dominate Communications Technology 1-1

1.1.1 Optical Networks 1-2

1.1.2 Data And Video Traffic Being Added In Abundance To

Voice Traffic 1-2

1.1.3 Semiconductor Companies Design Crosspoint Switches 1-3

1.2 Storage Industry 1-4

1.3 Mixed Signal Analog Integrated Circuit Market 1-6

1.3.1 Crosspoint Switch Matrix With Input And Output 1-6

1.3.2 Enterprise Networks 1-9

1.3.3 Network Access Last Mile Of Telecommunications Network 1-10

1.3.4 Metropolitan Area Networks 1-10

1.3.5 Internet 1-11

1.4 Security Systems 1-12

1.5 Crosspoint Switch Architecture 1-14

1.5.1 Multistage Crosspoint Switching Designs 1-16

1.6 Signal Processing 1-17

1.7 Product Positioning 1-18

1.7.1 Crosspoint Switch Advantages 1-22

1.7.2 Crosspoint Limitations 1-25

1.8 Crosspoint Switch Functions 1-26

1.8.1 Crosspoint Switch Standards 1-26

1.8.2 Crosspoint Switch Equalization Technology 1-26

1.8.3 Channel-Isolation Capabilities 1-29

1.8.4 Input Equalization 1-29

1.8.5 Power Conservation Technology 1-30

1.8.6 Built-In System Test Features 1-30

2. Crosspoint Switch Market

Shares and Market Forecasts 2-1

2.1 Demand For Integrated Communications Semiconductors 2-1

2.1.1 Crosspoint Switch IC Market Participants 2-8

2.2 Crosspoint Switch Market Shares 2-9

2.2.1 Carrier Crosspoint Switch Market Shares 2-12

2.2.2 NTSC or PAL Composite Video Input

Crosspoint Switch Market Shares 2-14

2.2.3 LVDS Crosspoint Switch Market Shares 2-16

2.2.4 MindSpeed Multi-Gigabit Switching Systems 2-19

2.2.5 Intersil Video Crosspoint Switch Clearer Pictures and

Greater Flexibility 2-19

2.2.6 Intersil Black-Level Consistency with 32x16

Video Crosspoint 2-20

2.2.7 Maxim MAX4355 16x16 Nonblocking Video

Crosspoint Switch with I/O Buffers 2-20

2.2.8 National’s LVDS Portfolio 2-21

2.2.9 National Semiconductor AEC-Q100 Compliant

LVDS Crosspoint Switches, Drivers, and Receivers 2-22

2.2.10 National Semiconductor Digital LVDS/CML Crosspoints 2-23

2.2.11 National Semiconductor Analog Crosspoint Switch

Video Solutions 2-24

2.2.12 Texas Instruments 2-24

2.3 Crosspoint Switch Market Forecasts 2-25

2.3.1 Automotive Crosspoint Switch Market Forecasts 2-29

2.3.2 DWDM/CWDM Carrier Ethernet Crosspoint Switch

Market Forecasts 2-30

2.3.3 Video Crosspoint Switch Market Forecasts 2-31

2.3.4 Security Crosspoint Switch Market Forecasts 2-33

2.4 Analog IC Market 2-34

2.4.1 Communications Industry 2-35

2.4.2 Carrier Networking 2-36

2.4.3 Next-Generation SONET/SDH Networks Use

Enhanced Ethernet-Over-SONET 2-37

2.4.4 Exponential Increases In Data Traffic 2-37

2.4.5 Enterprise Networking 2-38

2.4.6 Data Center Trend Towards Converged Ethernet 2-40

2.4.7 Storage Networking 2-40

2.4.8 Next-Generation Networking Integrated Circuits 2-42

2.4.9 Higher Integration Of Multiple Functions On The

Same Chip: Switching, Routing, CPUs, Memory 2-42

2.4.10 Communications Industry 2-47

2.4.11 Disparity Between Bandwidth In The Fiber Optic

Core And Bandwidth At Subscriber Premises 2-48

2.4.12 Demand For Faster Speed And More Reliable

Communications Services 2-49

2.4.13 Access Networks 2-49

2.5 Crosspoint Switch Pricing and Availability 2-50

2.6 Crosspoint Switch Geographical Market Segments 2-51

2.6.1 National Semiconductor Geographic Sales 2-53

2.6.2 Analog Devices 2-54

3. Crosspoint Switch Product Description 3-1

3.1 Crosspoint Switches 3-1

3.1.1 Enterprise Systems 3-1

3.1.2 Carrier Systems 3-2

3.2 National Semiconductor 3-2

3.2.1 National Semiconductor DS10CP154A 1.5

Gbps 4x4 LVDS Crosspoint Switch 3-3

3.2.2 National Semiconductor AEC-Q100

Compliant LVDS Crosspoint Switches, Drivers, and Receivers 3-4

3.2.3 National’s LVDS Portfolio 3-7

3.2.4 National’s LVDS Portfolio Pricing and Availability 3-7

3.2.5 National Semiconductor LVDS 3-7

3.2.6 National Semiconductor Video System Solution Support 3-10

3.2.7 National Semiconductor Automotive (Infotainment) 3-10

3.2.8 National Semiconductor Video Surveillance

Market Analog Crosspoint Switches 3-11

3.3 Analog Devices 3-12

3.3.1 Analog Devices ADV320 3-12

3.3.2 Analog Devices ADV3200 Availability and Pricing 3-13

3.4 Mindspeed Crosspoint Switches 3-17

3.4.1 Mindspeed Products 3-17

3.4.2 Mindspeed Crosspoint 4x4 Switches 3-18

3.4.3 Mindspeed Crosspoint 17x17 Switches 3-20

3.4.4 Mindspeed Crosspoint 34x34 Switches 3-21

3.4.5 Mindspeed Crosspoint 72x72 Switches 3-22

3.4.6 Mindspeed Crosspoint 144x144 Switches 3-24

3.4.7 Mindspeed Large Crosspoint Switches For

High-Definition Multimedia Interface Routing/

Switching Applications 3-26

3.4.8 Mindspeed Large Crosspoint Switches 3-28

3.4.9 Mindspeed Mid-Size Crosspoint Products (17x17) 3-29

3.4.10 Mindspeed Crosspoint Switches Non-Blocking Switch Core 3-31

3.4.11 Mindspeed® Crosspoint Switch Usde In

Infinera DTN Optical System 3-32

3.4.12 Mindspeed 144x144 3.2 Gbps

Crosspoint Switch with Programmable Input

Equalization and Output Pre-emphasis 3-33

3.4.13 MindSpeed High-Performance Analog Products 3-38

3.5 Vitesse 3-40

3.5.1 Vitesse PixEQ Technology 3-41

3.6 Intersil 3-46

3.6.1 Intersil Video Crosspoint Switch Clearer

Pictures and Greater Flexibility 3-47

3.6.2 Intersil Footprint Compatible Crosspoint Switch Family 3-49

3.6.3 Intersil's Video Products 3-50

3.6.4 Intersil Black-Level Consistency with 32x16

Video Crosspoint 3-51

3.6.5 Intersil 8x8 Video Crosspoint Switch High

Performance Video Systems 3-55

3.6.6 Intersil 300MHz 32x32 Video Crosspoint Switch 3-58

3.6.7 Intersil's Video Products 3-62

3.7 Maxim 3-64

3.7.1 Maxim MAX4357 32 x 16 Highly Integrated

Video Crosspoint Switch Matrix 3-68

3.7.2 Maxim MAX4355 16x16 Nonblocking

Video Crosspoint Switch with I/O Buffers 3-71

3.8 Texas Instruments 3-73

3.8.1 TI SN65LVCP404 (4x4) Availability and Packaging 3-76

3.9 Apcon 3-76

3.9.1 Apcon SCSI Switches 3-77

3.9.2 Apcon SCSI Bus Extenders 3-79

3.9.3 Apcon 6x4 SCSI Crosspoint Switch 3-83

3.9.4 Apcon Switch Between 6 Servers and 4 Tape Libraries 3-84

3.10 AMCC 3-85

3.11 LSI LinkXpress Crosspoint Switch 3-87

3.11.1 LSI Switch Fabric 3-91

3.11.2 LSI Switch Fabric ASIC for Modular LAN/SAN Switch 3-92

3.12 Fairchild Crosspoint Switch 3-93

4. Crosspoint Switch Technology 1

4.1 Topologies For Backplane Architecture 1

4.1.1 Primary Traffic Patterns In A Backplane Environment 1

4.1.2 Multi-Point Architecture And Point-To-Point Architectures 3

4.1.3 Crosspoint Switch Device That Has Multiple Ports In Which Any Input Port Can Be Connected To Any Output Port 4

4.1.4 Point-To-Point Switched Backplane 5

4.1.5 Star Topology 6

4.1.6 Out-Of-Band And In-Band Switch Control 7

4.1.7 Mesh Backplane 7

4.1.8 Point-To-Point 8

4.1.9 Multi-Point Backplane 9

4.1.10 Switching From Multi-Point Architecture 11

4.2 Low Voltage Differential Signaling LVDS Standard 12

4.3 LVDS Offered By A Variety Of Vendors 17

4.3.1 National Semiconductor BLVDS (Bus LVDS) – 17

4.3.2 BLVDS Has Addressed A Wide Market Space 19

4.3.3 National Semiconductor GLVDS 20

4.4 Intersil Video Crosspoint Delivers Black-Level Accuracy 20

4.5 Communications Adoption Of Broadband Applications 21

4.5.1 T/E & SONET/SDH 24

4.5.2 Consumer/Industrial 26

4.6 Serial Communications 26

4.6.1 Power Management 28

4.6.2 Storage 29

4.7 Ideal Switch 30

4.7.1 Switch With Virtual Output Queues On The Ingress Side 32

4.7.2 Switch With Shared Memory in Switch Fabric 34

4.7.3 Buffered Crossbar Switch Architecture 35

4.8 Development of 10 Gbit/s Ethernet 38

4.8.1 Cisco Control Plane Operations 39

4.8.2 Cisco 10 GigE 39

4.8.3 Cisco Two-Port 10-Gbit/s Solutions 40

4.8.4 Cisco Metro Ethernet Services 41

4.8.5 Mitel Analog Switch Matrix Functional Description 42

4.8.6 Address Decode 43

4.8.7 Foundry Networks 43

4.8.8 Enterprise Applications 44

4.9 Scheduling, Quality of Service (QoS), and Arbitration 46

4.9.1 Scheduling 46

4.9.2 Arbitration 47

4.9.3 Quality of Service (QoS) 47

4.9.4 Frames 48

4.10 Redundancy 49

4.10.1 Passive Redundancy (1:1, N:1) 50

4.10.2 Load-Sharing Redundancy (N+1, N-1, N+N) 51

4.10.3 Active Redundancy (1+1) 51

5. Crosspoint Switch Company Profiles 1

5.1 Analog Devices 5-1

5.1.1 Analog Devices Revenue 5-3

5.1.2 Analog Devices Revenue By Market Segment 5-4

5.1.3 Analog Devices Positioning 5-6

5.1.4 Analog Devices Category Revenue 5-7

5.1.5 Analog Devices Revenue Trends by Geographic Region 5-8

5.1.6 Analog Devices Description of Business 5-9

5.2 Apcon 5-9

5.2.1 Apcon Markets 5-10

5.3 Applied Micro Circuits 5-12

5.3.1 AMCC Strategy 5-12

5.3.2 AMCC Storing 5-14

5.3.3 Applied Micro Circuits Revenue 5-14

5.3.4 AMCC Global Leader In Network And

Embedded Power Architecture 5-15

5.4 Conexant 5-17

5.4.1 Conexant Strategy 5-18

5.4.2 Conexant Market Focused Product Lines 5-21

5.4.3 Conexant Imaging and PC Media Products 5-22

5.4.4 Conexant Net Revenues 5-23

5.5 Exar 5-24

5.5.1 Exar Analog and Mixed-Signal Designs 5-24

5.5.2 Exar Strategy 5-25

5.5.3 EXAR Revenue 5-27

5.5.4 EXAR Revenue Sales By Geography 5-27

5.5.5 EXAR Fiscal Year 2008 versus Fiscal Year 2007 5-28

5.6 Fairchild Semiconductor 5-29

5.7 Intersil 5-30

5.7.1 Intersil Third Quarter 2008 Revenue 5-33

5.8 LSI 5-34

5.9 Maxim 5-36

5.9.1 Maxim Integrated Products Revenue 5-36

5.9.2 Maxim Integrated Products Regional Revenues 5-38

5.10 Micrel 5-40

5.10.1 Micrel Third Quarter Revenue 2008 5-40

5.11 MindSpeed 5-41

5.11.1 Mindspeed Signal Conditioning Products 5-43

5.11.2 Mindspeed Technologies Pricing and Availability 5-45

5.11.3 Mindspeed(R) Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter Revenue 5-45

5.11.4 Mindspeed Strategy 5-48

5.11.5 Mindspeed Customers 5-51

5.11.6 Mindspeed Capitalizes on the Breadth of

Integrated Product Portfolio 5-51

5.12 National Semiconductor 5-53

5.12.1 National Semiconductor Corporate Organization 5-54

5.12.2 National Semiconductor Strategy 5-54

5.12.3 National Semiconductor Net Sales In Fiscal 2008 5-56

5.12.4 National Semiconductor Geographic Sales 5-58

5.12.5 National Semiconductor Power Management Group 5-59

5.12.6 National Semiconductor Signal Path Group 5-61

5.12.7 National Semiconductor Marketing and Sales 5-62

5.13 Texas Instruments 5-65

5.13.1 Texas Instruments Semiconductor 5-65

5.13.2 Texas Instruments Analog 5-67

5.13.3 Texas Instruments Embedded Processing 5-68

5.13.4 Texas Instruments Wireless 5-69

5.13.5 Texas Instruments DLP and Other 5-70

5.13.6 Texas Instruments Semiconductor Revenue 5-70

5.14 TranSwitch / Centillium Communications 5-71

5.14.1 Centillium Communications 5-71

5.14.2 TranSwitch Third Quarter 2008 Revenue 5-72

5.14.3 TranSwitch Next-Generation Telecom Products 5-73

5.14.4 TranSwitch Customers That Accounted For

More Than 10% Of Net Revenues 5-74

5.14.5 Transwitch Summary Of Net Revenues By Product

Family For Large Customer Sales 5-75

5.14.6 Transwitch Revenues By Major Geographic Area 5-76

5.15 Vitesse 5-77

5.15.1 Vitesse End-user customers 5-77

5.15.2 Vitesse Markets 5-78

5.15.3 Vitesse Ethernet Transceivers, Switches, and MACs 5-80

5.15.4 Vitesse Revenues 5-82

List of Tables and Figures

Table ES-1 ES-3

Significant Developments In Semiconductor Technology

Table ES-1 (Continued) ES-4

Significant Developments In Semiconductor Technology

Table ES-2 ES-5

Crosspoint Switch Market Driving Forces

Figure ES-3 ES-7

Worldwide Communications Infrastructure

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Shares, 2008

Figure ES-4 ES-12

Worldwide Crosspoint Switch Shipments

Market Forecasts, 2009-2015

Table 1- 1 1-7

Crosspoint Switch Applications

Table 1-2 1-18

Highly-Integrated Chip Solutions

Table 1-3 1-19

Crosspoint Switch Product Positioning

Table 1-4 1-20

Crosspoint Switch Target Markets

Table 1-5 1-21

Crosspoint Switch Applications

Table 1-6 1-23

Crosspoint Switch Advantages

Table 1-7 1-24

Key Crosspoint Switch Architectural Advantages

Table 1-8 1-27

Crosspoint Switch Functions

Table 1-9 1-32

Crosspoint Switch Testing Features

Table 2-1 2-3

Significant Developments In Semiconductor Technology

Table 2-1 (Continued) 2-4

Significant Developments In Semiconductor Technology

Table 2-2 2-5

Crosspoint Switch Market Driving Forces

Table 2-3 2-6

Crosspoint Switch Market Positioning

Figure 2-4 2-10

Worldwide Communications Infrastructure

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-5 2-11

Worldwide Communications Infrastructure

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-6 2-13

Worldwide Communications Infrastructure

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-7 2-14

Worldwide Communications Infrastructure

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-8 2-15

Worldwide NTSC or PAL Composite Video Inputs

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-9 2-16

Worldwide NTSC or PAL Composite Video Inputs

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-10 2-17

Worldwide LVDS/CML Crosspoint Switch Shipments

Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-11 2-18

Worldwide LVDS/CML Crosspoint Switch Shipments

Market Shares, 2008

Figure 2-12 2-26

Worldwide Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market

Forecasts, 2009-2015

Figure 2-13 2-27

Worldwide Crosspoint Switch Shipments, Automotive,

Security, DWDM/CWDM, and Video Market Forecasts,

2009-2015

Figure 2-14 2-29

Worldwide Automotive Crosspoint Switch Shipments

Market Forecasts, 2009-2015

Figure 2-15 2-30

Worldwide DWDM/CWDM Carrier Ethernet

Crosspoint Switch Shipments Market Forecasts, 2009-2015

Figure 2-16 2-32

Worldwide Video Crosspoint Switch Shipments

Market Forecasts, 2009-2015

Figure 2-17 2-33

Worldwide Security Crosspoint Switch Shipments

Market Forecasts, 2009-2015

Table 2-18 2-43

Higher Capacity Network Trends

Table 2-18 (Continued) 2-44

Higher Capacity Network Trends

Table 2-19 2-45

Crosspoint Switch Major End-Market Market Segments

Table 2-19 (Continued) 2-46

Crosspoint Switch Major End-Market Market Segments

Table 2-20 2-47

Applications Supporting Rapid Internet Growth

Table 2-20 (Continued) 2-48

Applications Supporting Rapid Internet Growth

Table 3-1 3-5

National Semiconductor Crosspoint Switch Products

Table 3-1 (Continued) 3-6

National Semiconductor Crosspoint Switch Products

Table 3-2 3-14

Analog Devices AD8151:  3.2 Gbps, 33 x 17 Digital Crosspoint Switch Features

Table 3-2 (Continued) 3-15

Analog Devices AD8151:  3.2 Gbps, 33 x 17 Digital Crosspoint Switch Features

Figure 3-3 3-16

Analog Devices Large Crosspoint Switch Array

Table 3-4 3-19

Mindspeed Crosspoint 4x4 Switches

Table 3-5 3-20

Mindspeed Crosspoint 17x17 Switches

Table 3-6 3-21

Mindspeed Crosspoint 34x34 Switches

Table 3-7 3-23

Mindspeed Crosspoint 72x72 Switches

Table 3-8 3-25

Mindspeed Crosspoint 144x144 Switches

Figure 3-9 3-30

Mindspeed Dual Channel TDMS Crosspoint Switch

Figure 3-10 3-35

Mindspeed Crosspoint Switch Features

Figure 3-11 3-36

Mindspeed Crosspoint Switches

Figure 3-12 3-38

Mindspeed Functional Block Diagram

Table 3-13 3-39

Mindspeed Transmission Products Functions

Table 3-14 3-41

Vitesse PixEQ Technology Data Protocols Supported

Figure 3-15 3-42

Vitesse Crosspoint Switch Input Equalization and Output Control

Table 3-16 3-43

Vitesse Crosspoint Switch Key Features

Table 3-17 3-44

Vitesse Crosspoint Switch Products

Table 3-17 (Continued) 3-45

Vitesse Crosspoint Switch Products

Table 3-18 3-49

Intersil Footprint Compatible Crosspoint Switch Key Features

Table 3-19 3-50

Intersil Footprint Compatible Crosspoint Switch

Target Applications

Table 3-20 3-52

Intersil Black-Level Consistency with 32x16

Video Crosspoint Features

Table 3-21 3-53

Intersil Black-Level Consistency with 32x16

Video Crosspoint Applications

Figure 3-22 3-54

Intersil Unbuffered Crosspoint Switch Pricing

Figure 3-23 3-55

Intersil Buffered Crosspoint Switch Pricing

Table 3-24 3-57

Intersil 8x8 Video Crosspoint Switch High Performance

Video Key Features

Table 3-25 3-59

Intersil 32x32 Video Crosspoint Switch Key Features

Table 3-26 3-61

Intersil Crosspoint Switch Key Features

Table 3-27 3-66

Maxim Crosspoint Switch MAX4357 Features

32 x 16 Nonblocking Video Crosspoint Switch with I/O Buffers

Figure 3-28 3-67

Maxim Crosspoint Switch Video Application

Table 3-29 3-69

Maxim MAX4357 Key Features

Table 3-30 3-70

Maxim MAX4357 Applications

Table 3-31 3-71

Maxim MAX4355 16x16 Nonblocking Video

Crosspoint Switch Key Features

Figure 3-32 3-73

Maxim 16x16 Video Crosspoint Switch

Figure 3-33 3-73

Texas Instruments Four-By-Four And Two-By-

Two Crosspoint Switches

Table 3-34 3-74

Texas Instruments Four-By-Four And Two-By-

Two Crosspoint Switch Key Benefits

Table 3-34 (Continued) 3-75

Texas Instruments Four-By-Four And Two-By-Two

Crosspoint Switch Key Benefits

Figure 3-35 3-77

Apcon SCSI Switches 2x1 SCSI Switch

Table 3-36 3-78

Apcon 2x1 SCSI Crosspoint Switch Features

Figure 3-37 3-79

Apcon SCSI Switches2x1 SCSI Crosspoint Switch

Figure 3-38 3-80

Apcon SCSI Switches2x1 SCSI Crosspoint Switch Configuration

Figure 3-39 3-81

Apcon 6x4 SCSI Switch

Table 3-40 3-82

Apcon 6x4 SCSI Switch Features

Table 3-41 3-84

Apcon's 6x4 SCSI Switch Features

Figure 3-42 3-86

AMCC End Of Life Differential Crossconnect Switch

Figure 3-43 3-86

AMCC SONET/SDH/FC/GE/XAUI 3.2Gbit/s

Differential Crosspoint Switch 17x17  End of Life

Table 3-44 3-88

LSI LinkXpress Crosspoint Switch Features

Table 3-45 3-89

LSI LinkXpress Crosspoint Switch Benefits

Figure 3-46 3-92

LSI 6.4 G/Sec Transmit Signal on Backplane

Figure 3-47 3-94

Fairchild Crosspoint Switch Matrix Block Diagram

Figure 3-48 3-95

Fairchild Crosspoint Switch Matrix Video Driver

Table 4-1 4-2

Primary Traffic Patterns In A Backplane Environment

Table 4-2 4-2

Primary Traffic Variables In A Backplane Environment tinks

Table 4-3 4-6

Star Topology

Table 4-4 4-8

Mesh Topology

Table 4-5 4-10

Multipoint Topology

Table 4-6 4-12

Low Voltage Differential Signaling LVDS Standard Benefits

Table 4-7 4-13

Common Types Of Bus Configurations

Figure 4-8 4-14

Crosspoint Switch Bus Configurations

Figure 4-9 4-15

Crosspoint Switch Multidrop Bus Configurations

Figure 4-10 4-16

Crosspoint Switch Three Node Multidrop Bus Configurations

Table 4-11 4-17

Bus Configurations vs. Standard Comparison Table

Figure 4-12 4-23

Types of Communications ICs Used in Networking Equipment

Figure 4-13 4-31

Switch Architecture

Figure 4-14 4-33

Switch With Virtual Output Queues On The Ingress Side

Figure 4-15 4-34

Shared Memory in Switch Fabric

Figure 4-16 4-36

Buffered Crossbar Switch Architecture

Figure 4-17 4-37

Arbitrated Crossbar Crosspoint Switching

Table 4-18 4-45

Business Requirements Of Interconnect For Emerging Environment

Table 4-19 4-47

Switch Fabric Scheduling Algorithms

Table 4-20 4-50

Switch Chipset Redundancy

Table 5-1 5-2

Analog Devices ICs Inside Products With

Embedded Signal Processing

Table 5-2 5-11

Apcon Technologies Solutions Support

Table 5-3 5-19

Conexant Strategies

Table 5-4 5-20

Conexant Product Positioning

Table 5-5 5-21

Conexant Core Competencies

Figure 5-6 5-31

Intersil Products

Table 5-7 5-32

Intersil Products

Figure 5-8 5-34

Intersil Historical Revenue Growth

Table 5-9 5-42

Mindspeed Technologies Semiconductor Networking Solutions

Table 5-10 5-43

Mindspeed Technologies Semiconductor Key Product Families

Table 5-11 5-49

Mindspeed Strategy For Developing Semiconductor

Device Architectures

Table 5-12 5-53

Mindspeed Principal Competitive Factors For Semiconductors

Table 5-13 5-55

National Semiconductor Focus

Table 5-14 5-60

National Semiconductor Power Management Positioning

Table 5-15 5-62

National Semiconductor Signal Path Positioning

Table 5-16 5-63

National Semiconductor major OEMs

Table 5-17 5-64

National Semiconductor Distributors:

Table 5-18 5-66

Texas Instruments Semiconductor Positioning