PCI Express IP Market Research

The PCI-Express (PCIe) market pervasion has been extremely fast. The PCIe started to be used inside the PC, to allow for very large bandwidth for Video data. It is now used in various segments: PC peripherals, Networking, Embedded... This report analyzes how the PCIe adoption has been made in each segment, and the preferred technology: ASIC, FPGA or ASSP.

A PCIe function being made of a physical (PHY) and a logical (Controller) part, some IP vendors are selling one of these pieces only, although a customer will need to integrate both parts to build the function: this explains why the vendors selling an "Integrated Solution" have gained market share. We will see also that only the PCIe IP vendors who keep a strong focus are getting success. This study analyzes the market share, growth rate and positioning of the different vendors, and propose a PCIe IP market forecast up to 2015.