Forecasts 2007's Hot Tech trends

Dec. 14, 2006 

Research firm In-Stat has published its annual list of emerging and hot technology market trends for the year ahead. The firm's list includes "heterogenous multi-architectural processors," wireless HDMI, PVRs, WiMAX, UWB wireless USB, ZigBee, and 3G, GPS, and DTV in China. 

Among In-Stat's many predictions for the year ahead, the following stand out as especially interesting to device developers: 
By late 2007, entertainment 
PCs will connect to high-definition displays via "wireless HDMI," and "that will really drive the market forward!" according to In-Stat 

2007 will bring the first "heterogenious multi-architectural processors" -- for example combining ARM and x86 cores in the same processor 

20 percent of U.S. households will have a PVR (personal video recorder) by the end of 2007 

WiMAX will be deployed more in Europe and Asia than in North America, and WiMAX "e" will put even successful WiMAX "d" vendors under 

PC motherboards will be equipped with UWB Wireless USB by year's end 

"Net neutrality" proponents will turn coats as rising tides of rich media content slow down the Internet

The IMS control layer software market will collapse to four global suppliers by year's end 

ZigBee will see use in a 5,000-node or larger distribution centers such as FedEx, Target, and UPS 
** FedEx is one of Jennic Successful Story customer 
Mobile carriers will attempt to sell advertising 

China will roll out 3G networks before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing 

Chinese cable carriers will roll out 2-way DTV networks that can provide VoIP, data, VoD, 
and interactive services 

Handheld GPS devices will boom in China in 2007