Smartphone applications processor revenues grew 77% year-over-year to reach $4.52bn in 2010, according to a new report by Strategy Analytifcs.
The report, "Smartphone Apps Processor Market Share: Qualcomm’s Revenue Share Reached 41 Percent in 2010", revealed that the 2010 market surge helped most applications processor vendors to grow in terms of both revenue and unit volume.
Qualcomm and Samsung registered triple-digit unit shipment growth in 2010, despite their contrasting approaches to the smartphone applications processor market.
Qualcomm led the overall applications processor market with 41% revenue share, followed by TI with 27% and Samsung with 19% revenue share.
In addition, the baseband-integrated applications processors continued to gain share, accounting for 74% of total 2010 smartphone applications processor revenues.
Strategy Analytics handset component technologies service director Stuart Robinson said the company recognises Qualcomm as a top-tier supplier in the smartphone applications processor market in 2010, due to its active participation in the multiple software ecosystems and its integrated Snapdragon processors.
"Qualcomm has a two-to-three year advantage over most of its competitors in terms of integration; and is ideally situated for further share gains from on-going radio technology shifts, such as HSPA+ and LTE," Robinson said.
