Overview Residential Gateways (synonymous with service gateways, home gateways, and access devices) are a key part of the home networking solution. They provide a platform for integrating different broadband access technologies and several home networking solutions. The “fat” broadband access pipe connects the home with the Internet or network backbone. The digital modem downloads and uploads data, voice, and video, and provides Internet access to the home. While traditional modems connected to only one PC or TV the role of the digital modem and PC is expanding from being the only connection to the Web, to a box that provides home networking and Internet access to multiple information appliances. Based on the geographic, market, and consumer needs several gateways will evolve. Combinations supporting one or many broadband access types and several home networking technologies will make this a difficult market to predict. The residential gateway could evolve from a PC, set-top box, digital modem, gaming console, SOHO router, home servers, screen phones, into a newly evolved device, perhaps something not even conceived today. Market Research The Cahners In-Stat Group’s analyses indicate that the worldwide residential gateway marketplace will explode to $8.9 billion in revenues by 2003. The analysis also suggests that the revenue growth will have a small increase from 1999 to 2000 but the fastest growth should be expected from 2001. Market Trends But the real market potential is huge. This will be made possible by eliminating key growth inhibitors. Reducing delays and confusion by establishing standards and defining clearer business models will help grow the market much bigger. By focusing on market accelerators such as high-speed broadband access, home networking will itself gain acceptance. Encouragement through government legislation will surely assist in the implementation of residential gateways. Value-added services such as energy management (automatic meter reading) and security will cause an even faster deployment of home gateways. Xilinx Solutions The Xilinx's Spartan-II programmable logic solutions offer the flexibility to build products that can be reprogrammed in the field at costs far below any other programmable solution. Residential gateway products will support multiple broadband access points and home networking interfaces. Spartan-II FPGAs provide system integration and interconnectivity to these interfaces, hence providing decreased time-to-market, increased time-in-market and the rapid product proliferation in this market. Please view the presentation to see how Xilinx solutions can help you build products for this fast evolving market place. Leading Technology Digital Modems PCs Gaming Consoles Set-Top Box SOHO Routers / Home Servers