PART 01: Executive summary 5

Highlights 5

PART 02: Scope of the report 6

Market overview 6

PART 03: Market research methodology 9

Research methodology 9

Economic indicators 9

PART 04: Introduction 10

Key market highlights 10

PART 05: Market landscape 15

Market overview 15

Market size and forecast 16

Five forces analysis 18

PART 06: Market segmentation by application 19

Smartphones 20

Connected tablets 23

Feature phones 24

Others 24

PART 07: Market segmentation by technology 26

GaAs, GaN, and SiGe 27

CMOS 31

PART 08: Geographical segmentation 35

Power amplifier market in APAC 36

Power amplifier market in Americas 37

Power amplifiers market in EMEA 38

PART 09: Market drivers 40

Emergence of next-generation wireless networks 40

Availability of alternate manufacturing techniques of

power amplifiers instead of GaAs 43

Increased internet penetration 44

PART 10: Impact of drivers 48

PART 11: Market challenges 49

High production cost of GaAs wafers 49

Falling growth rate of smartphones 49

Increase in design complexity 50

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges 52

PART 13: Market trends 53

Increase in wafer size 53

Adoption of CMOS technology by start-ups 53

Growing need for high-speed amplifiers in defense

sector 54

PART 14: Vendor landscape 55

Competitive scenario 55

Vendor landscape 55

PART 15: Appendix 62

List of abbreviations 62

PART 16: Explore Technavio 64