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2011 brings in continued growth in Semiconductors, and as the leader in our segment, we have increased our reach and coverage so as to provide our clients with best in class relevent and timely information in a easy to digest format. We have increased our staffing and our tools along with our focued coverage topics. We provide both standard and customized reporting that employs our unique methodology to provide the needed information.

2011 will see the roll out and entry into the market for many new entrants, many with thier respecitve products utilizing "disruptive" technologies with aggressive positioning. WIth the significant growth in Consumer Electronics, Computing, and Industrial segments, Communications is moving fast to build up infrastructure to support the new levels of "connectivity" in our ever changing world...

CS &A is uniquely positioned to provide insights and information into what, where and when... Trending, TAM analysis, Forecasting are our areas of experience and expertise. Our staff is made up of industry veteran people with years of background in multiple disciplines from Engineering to operations to Marketing and sales - CS &A is staffed with industry people directly from their respective industries - we are not financial analysts, but Marketing and Engineering and Operation professionals who have been a part of the industry, thus providing our group with very valuable experience, contacts and knowledge that only comes from knowing....

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News and Events

CS &A Release for the Q4 CY2011 Report update and ANalysis  is set for January 15, 2012; Q4 CY2011 finds the industry in growth with a good holiday build up and a much improved inventory situation in the channels. Growth in Xtals and Oscillators includes the now several entities in MEMS based Timing along with Compensated CMOS solutions that have made strides in terms of stability and accuracy, allowing them to enter in this growing segment. The crisis in Japan, now well passed, has created concern over Japan based supply chain resulting in many tier one suppliers in Japan opeing offshore factories to both serve the increased demand and to ensure stability in the supply chain with multiple sources... CS &A has been dead on in our forecast where we see today ~3-5% Increase in $$Revenues, and ~8-10% increase in volumes... In communications, both CPE and Infrastructure and Backahaul in support of 4G LTE, the 700MHz spectrum, and more, continue to provide an excellent applications base, in consumer wher time to money is THE driver for timing solutions, and in combination with the growth in computing with tablets, Pads, and Slates, we see pretty much what we saw in March with a few exceptions. MnA activites continue as predicted and will do so well into 2012 as mkany startups make their respective entries. CES is fast approaching, and we have three people scheduled to attend and report - look for this detail in both the Q42011 update and in our MArch 2012 Report releases... We hope to see you there!  For more - contact us ASAP to inquire about our Reporting and ANalysis for ALL aspects and applications for Semiconductor Timing at info@timing-is-everything.net

NEW RELEASES FOR CY2011 ! JUST RELEASED: Consulting Services & Associates LLC (CS&A LLC) announced release of its latest Market Report and Analysis focused upon on the Semiconductor Timing Markets covering CY2010 Thru Q1-CY2011 Crystal and Oscillators, RF Timing support, and Semiconductor Clock and Timing – This new report entitled “Clock and Timing Opportunities in Communications Infrastructure” details specific opportunities for Semiconductor Timing in datacom, telecom, and wireless infrastructure.  This unique report is a comprehensive drill down with detail on the full spectrum of Semiconductor Timing in this key segment: Crystals in KHz and MHz, all Oscillator categories, Semiconductor Clock and Timing, and high value RF Timing support.  Combined, these Timing segments represented $1.4B USD in sales for CY2010, with growth of 7% YoY to reach $1.86B in 2014… This report: includes an overview of enterprise and carrier equipment including equipment segmentation, equipment block diagrams, profiles of key accounts, quantifies and segments the market for Quartz and IC products and forecasts growth through 2014, identify key requirements for successful products, analyzes competition and identifies key competitive issues and opportunities, and outlines emerging technologies and identifies new markets that will drive future growth.  This new report was authored by Mr. Allan Armstrong (who joined CS &A LLC in November from Maxim) and Mark Sherwood – combined, these two associates have more than 50 years of timing industry experience… According to Mark Sherwood, Principal Associate and CEO at CS &A: “CS &A LLC provides a unique methodology in reporting – we call it Top Down/Bottoms up, where we focus on specific semiconductor timing product consumption by Market Segment and then by Application – all with weighted $ASP’s to roll up into the TAM and Forecasts.” Mr. Sherwood added; “2010 was indeed a record year in volume and revenues for Semiconductor Timing and our expectation is to see 2011 with continued, but lessened growth. The communications segment requires the most in terms of value added in Timing solutions and as such, commands high $ASP’s into this segment. Performance, stability, accuracy and feature sets put timing products into the precision and ultra-precision categories yielding device $ASP’s in dollars, not dimes, so a lot of attention is placed here by many tier one suppliers in timing.”   CY2010-2011 Timing Reports have been Released for publication on March 15th - This year for the first time since we published in 2002, we are increasing our pricing on our industry reporting - as we have expanded our staffing and coverage, the increase helps to defer the additional and incremental costs so we can continue to provide our clients with the best in class reporting and analaysis... This year our reporting has again been expanded to provide more detail and critical information into Semiconductor Timing - from the supplier base to the channel and to the end consumer, the report includes valueable information on the revised supplier base, TAM, trends and more... with a focus section detailing MEMS and Compensated CMOS progress in Semiconductor Timing, we are seeing high demand for this years report and updates - WW Xtal & Oscillator WW Semiconductor Clock & Timing Combined Clock & Timing and Xtal & Osc  Enterprise Users enjoy quarterly updates (2) during the calendar year! Semiconductor Supplier Dossiers "The most detailed and comprehensive effort in this segment to date from CS &A..." New Reports in our portfolio for CY2011 include; Custom reporting SerDes and Associated Timing blocks Video and Audio Power and HVAC  Focus Segment Reporting; Communications Line Cards Routers / Switches Infrastructure and Backhaul Base Stations VoIp WiFi / WiMax Femto/Pico Cells 4G LTE Consumer Television Blu-Ray Set Top Boxes SmartPhones Computing Laptops Desktops Servers  Gaming PC's Tablets / Slates / Pads For more detail about these new reports, please contact us at info@timing-is-everything.net  CY2010 Was a year where the FUD (fear, uncertainty, & doubt) factor legacy from 2009 continued thru the first half of the year, while the second half came in clearly dominated by double digit growth, new entrants making thier debut, and a still consolodating supplier base - What was the CY2010 Timing content TAM? Xtal and Oscillators - Semiconductor Timing - RF Modules and more...  Consumer - Computing - Communincations - Industrial What products are included in this analysis? Who are the players? How do they breakdown - Front end - back end - products - target markets...? What about the new entrants with "Disruptive" Technologies like MEMS, Compensated LC's, more...?  What is the forecast for 2011 - 2013? What applications will drive growth?  Contact CS &A to order now...                                                                                                         CY2009-2010 Market Reports are now ON SALE at 30% OFF list Price !!! - see Products/Market Reports for details... Xtal & Oscillator Semiconductor Clock & Timing Combined Clock & Timing and Xtal & Osc  ATE & Laboratory Instrumentation Power Management (Portable and non-portable) Single user and Enterprise versions availble now...

Archived Press Release: August 18th Teardown of the Apple 3G iPhone. Find it here or under the Press Release tab.

In 2010, CS &A once again spent time visiting many semiconductor timing suppliers worldwide and has compiled additional information on Suppliers, and added some new timing categories adding to the spread and TAM - Real Time Clocks and precision 32KHz references, long a Power Management / Supervisory product category have been moved into Semiconductor Timing - Order our latest report to gain inisght into this $360M USD market.  Plus, updates to our new segment dedicated to COGS analysis for XO's as a feature, add significant value to this unique report...

CS &A at CES in Las Vegas We sent four of our key and senior Associates for a full week at this exciting show in January 2011. We spent time talking and reviewing on the forces impacting the Full Spectrum of Semiconductor Timing from the CE front - more gadgets, more connectivity and content for 2011 and onward. The more gadgets, the more need for value added components as we "connect" these new gadgets ranging from DTV's to nightstand appliances and more...HDTV/3D TV and in fact, 3D everything, plus the new SmartPhones, Tablets - Slates and Pads - It was quite a showing for these new applications - is putting a strain on the WW web - but 4G LTE is being deployed as we speak to accomodate the pressure... Growth is the driving word coming into 2011 for CE, and the challenge is the competitive base, needs for more precsion timing solutions, and price erosion... Read our new Timing Reports to gain this valued insight!