Gartner ranks Freescale No. 1 Processor for Wired and Wireless Networking Markets

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Freescale has extended its position as the market leader in wired and wireless communications processors, according to rankings recently issued by analyst group Gartner. The firm ranks Freescale number one with 53 per cent of the market in 2010 and separates Freescale from its closest competitor by more than 40 per cent.

"Adoption of multicore QorIQ processors among customers targeting wired and wireless communications processors is strong and getting stronger. There is tremendous opportunity ahead for further innovation in communications processors, and Freescale is leading the way with its QorIQ communications platforms," said Brett Butler, Vice-President & General Manager, Freescale's Networking Processor Division.

Freescale established the communications processor market in 1989 by delivering the industry's first multi-protocol microprocessor, and since then has shipped more than 300 million communication processor units. The versatile devices are used in routers, switches, digital line cards, wireless LAN access/aggregation points, unified threat management (UTM) appliances, voice over IP (VoIP) equipment, customer premises equipment, SOHO and enterprise routers, as well as printer, high-end imaging and storage applications.

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