SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the worldwide PMP/MP3 market matures, with shipment growth of only 5% in 2009, competitors are scrambling to add features such as touchscreens and Wi-Fi connectivity to re-ignite demand reports In-Stat (www.in-stat.com). Just a few years ago, the PMP/MP3 player market was among the strongest growth segments in the portable consumer electronic (CE) industry. Today, the market is stalled due to a perfect storm of weak consumer demand, a poor economic environment, a stalled replacement market, and competition from the iPhone and other audio/video-capable smartphones.

"Among the lone bright spots in the PMP market is Wi-Fi enabled PMPs," says Stephanie Ethier, In-Stat analyst. "Unit shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled PMPs will grow more than four-fold by 2013 from the 14 million units shipped in 2008."

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

• Total worldwide shipments of PMP players will reach 225 million in 2009, with Asia Pacific representing the largest geographic market.
• The market is decidedly shifting to video-enabled devices. By 2013, only 15% of PMP players will be audio-only devices.
• Among the key PMP competitors are: Apple, Archos, Creative Technology, iRiver, ZVUE Corporation, Microsoft, SanDisk, Samsung, and Toshiba.
• The total semiconductor opportunity for PMP/MP3 player suppliers has peaked and will decline below $5 billion by 2013. NAND Flash and Video processors make up the majority of semiconductor revenue.
• Among the key PMP Semiconductor competitors are: Actions Semiconductor, NVIDIA, Texas Instruments, Toshiba Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor (SigmaTel).

The research, "Worldwide PMP/MP3 Player Shipments Plateau as Market Succumbs to Competition from Emerging Connected Device Segment" (#IN0904511ID), covers the worldwide market for portable media players and MP3 devices. It includes:

• Worldwide and regional unit sales forecasts for PMP/MP3 players by type through 2013.
• Bill-of-Material forecasts for an 8GB Flash-based, video-capable PMP through 2013.
• Worldwide total silicon and non-silicon component available market forecasts through 2013.
• PMP vendor profiles: Apple, Archos, Creative Technology, iRiver, ZVUE Corporation, Microsoft, SanDisk, Samsung, and Toshiba.
• PMP supplier profiles: Actions Semiconductor, nVidia, Texas Instruments, Toshiba Semiconductor, and Freescale Semiconductor.

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