Global baseband processor market for smartphones and tablets reached US$5.8 billion in 2020: Report

According to the latest research by Strategy Analytics, the global market for baseband processors for smartphones and tablets, which Strategy Analytics calls “thin modems”, grew 72% in 2020 compared to 2019 and reached $ 5.8 billion.

According to analysts’ calculations, Intel is the leader of this market in quantitative terms, although shipments decreased by 23%, since Apple, which is Intel’s main customer, switched to Qualcomm products.

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It is Qualcomm that leads in monetary terms, that is, in terms of revenue, occupying 56% of the market. Third place on both counts went to Samsung LSI, which supplies thin 5G modems for smartphones and tablets under the Exynos brand.

Experts on calculations and forecasts remind that the thin Qualcomm X55 5G modem is used not only in smartphones of the iPhone 12 line but also in several flagship models with Android OS.

Strategy Analytics expects Qualcomm to continue to ramp up shipments this year. In addition to smartphones and tablets, baseband processors are in demand in IoT devices, cars, permanently connected PCs, and solutions for fixed and mobile wireless access.

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