Tablets, Silicon Report: Tablet silicon content to approach $14 Billion by 2015

MANHASSET, NY --  Apple’s April 2010 launch of the iPad  has had an impact on silicon providers with forecasts that silicon content for tablets will soar to nearly $14 billion by 2015.

" In 2015, tablet and e-readers silicon will account for nearly 85% of all silicon content dominating the category," according to Stephanie Ethier, Senior Analyst at market research form In-Stat.

In-Stat’s findings include the following:

•  E-reader unit shipments will reach 40 million units by 2015.
•  The processor total available market (TAM) for PMPs will reach $2.2 billion in 2011.
•  Tablet shipments will surpass 110 million units by 2013.
•  Personal navigation device (PNDs) shipments will peak in 2012, then start to decline, as a result of the proliferation of navigation capability in handsets.

The report Portable and Computing Connected Device Silicon and Non-Silicon Revenue Opportunity  provides a global view of both the silicon and non-silicon component markets for a variety of popular portable consumer electronic devices.

Tablets, Silicon Report: Tablet silicon content to approach $14 Billion by 2015