Overview
The PDA is primarily a productivity and communications tool that
is lightweight, compact, durable, reliable, easy to use, and integrates
into existing operations.
PDAs fall into four categories: handheld PCs, palm-size PCs, smart
phones, and handheld instruments.
The PDA market trends include wireless connectivity using the emerging
Bluetooth technology, auto-synchronization, multimedia extensions
such as color, voice recording, and high-capacity storage using
flash memory and hard disk drives.
Market Research
I.C. Insights predict that PDA shipments will grow from 4 million
units in 1998 to more than 19 million units by 2003, an average
annual growth rate of 37%. From a $456 million market in 1998, the
PDA market is expected to reach about $1.9 billion by 2003.
Xilinx Solutions
The Xilinx Spartan-II programmable logic solutions offer the flexibility
to build products that can be reprogrammed in the field at costs
far below any programmable solution. Please view the presentation
to see how Xilinx solutions can help you build products for this
fast evolving market place.
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