Home Networking Semiconductor Vendors

This competitive analysis evaluates the home networking market with an emphasis on no-new wire technologies (G.hn, HomePlug, HomePNA, MoCA).  The report is divided into two principle parts: a market share analysis and vendor matrix.  Market shares, based on total nodes shipped (all technologies), considered the last complete calendar year (2011).  The vendor matrix evaluated the companies across two general categories, Innovation and Implementation.  Five companies were evaluated: Broadcom, Entropic, MStar Semiconductor, Qualcomm Atheros, and Sigma Designs.