Demand for Wi-Fi routers and Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices...

Demand for Wi-Fi routers and Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices will continue to grow at a double digit percentage clip, reaching 3 billion systems shipped in 2018, said a Tuesday news release from consultant Strategy Analytics (http://bit.ly/1r6ATZ6). “External CMOS PAs have started to compete with GaAs-based PAs in WiFi just as in cellular, but GaAs will maintain its position for the foreseeable future, especially in higher-performance applications such as 802.11ac WiFi infrastructure,” said Eric Higham, director of the Strategy Analytics Advanced Semiconductor Applications service.