Revision Date: April 2014

Author: Dr Eric Esteve

MIPI IP Survey
2010-2013
Forecast 2014-2020

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Table of Content
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 6
MIPI Alliance ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Physical Layer Working Group ............................................................................................................ 8
Display Working Group ......................................................................................................................... 8
Camera Working Group ........................................................................................................................ 9
DigRF Working Group ........................................................................................................................... 9
UniPro Working Group ............................................................................................................................. 9
Low Latency Interface Working Group ................................................................................................... 10
MIPI Ecosystem .......................................................................................................................................... 11
PHY IP Architecture ................................................................................................................................. 12
MIPI PHY overview .............................................................................................................................. 12
MIPI M-PHY ......................................................................................................................................... 13
MIPI D-PHY .......................................................................................................................................... 14
MIPI C-PHY .......................................................................................................................................... 14
MIPI Interfaces in a Mobile platform...................................................................................................... 15
Controller IP ............................................................................................................................................ 16
UniPort ................................................................................................................................................ 16
CSI ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
DSI ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
DigRF ................................................................................................................................................... 16
DigRF v4 .............................................................................................................................................. 16
SLIMbus ............................................................................................................................................... 17
LLI ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
MIPI IP Results 2010-2013.......................................................................................................................... 18
IP Vendor List.............................................................................................................................................. 19
Silicon IP vendors .................................................................................................................................... 19
Arasan ................................................................................................................................................. 19
Arteris .................................................................................................................................................. 19
Cosmic Circuits .................................................................................................................................... 19
Faraday Technology ............................................................................................................................ 19
GDA ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
HDL DH ................................................................................................................................................ 20
Mixel.................................................................................................................................................... 20
Northwest Logic .................................................................................................................................. 20
Synopsys .............................................................................................................................................. 20
VLSI+ .................................................................................................................................................... 21
IP vendor summary ............................................................................................................................. 21
Verification IP vendors............................................................................................................................ 21
Cadence ............................................................................................................................................... 22
eInfochip ............................................................................................................................................. 22
SmartDV .............................................................................................................................................. 22
VIP vendor summary ........................................................................................................................... 22
License IP Pricing ........................................................................................................................................ 23
MIPI PHY IP Pricing.................................................................................................................................. 23
MIPI Controller IP Pricing ........................................................................................................................ 23
Pricing trend............................................................................................................................................ 23
FORECAST of MIPI use by APPLICATION..................................................................................................... 24
PCs and Media Tablet ............................................................................................................................. 24
Notebook............................................................................................................................................. 24
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Mobile Internet Devices ...................................................................................................................... 24

Media Tablet ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Consumer Electronics ............................................................................................................................. 26
Digital Camcorders .............................................................................................................................. 26
Digital Still Cameras............................................................................................................................. 26
Portable Media Players ....................................................................................................................... 26
Video Game Consoles ......................................................................................................................... 26
Wireless Handset .................................................................................................................................... 27
Mobile: entry and features phones .................................................................................................... 27
Mobile: Smartphone ........................................................................................................................... 27
AP chip makers: the leaders ................................................................................................................ 29
Emerging AP chip makers.................................................................................................................... 31
MIPI Powered IC Forecast 2011-2020 ........................................................................................................ 33
MIPI IC in Wireless Segment ................................................................................................................... 33
Smartphone shipment Forecast 2011-2020 ....................................................................................... 33
MIPI Powered IC Forecast 2011-2020 ................................................................................................. 34
MIPI IP Forecast 2011-2020 ....................................................................................................................... 35
MIPI IP in Wireless Segment ................................................................................................................... 35
MIPI PHY IP Forecast (Wireless Handset)............................................................................................ 35
MIPI Controller IP Forecast (Wireless Handset) .................................................................................. 36
MIPI IP PHY & Controller Forecast (Wireless Handset) 2014-2020 .................................................... 37
MIPI IP Forecast in PC & Media Tablet Segment .................................................................................... 38
MIPI PHY IP Forecast ........................................................................................................................... 38
MIPI Controller IP Forecast ................................................................................................................. 39
MIPI IP TAM Forecast (PC & Media Tablet) 2014-2020 ...................................................................... 40
MIPI IP Forecast 2014-2020 in CE, IoT, Medical and Industrial Segment ............................................... 41
MIPI PHY IP Forecast in CE, IoT, Medical and Industrial ..................................................................... 41
MIPI Controller IP Forecast in CE, IoT, Medical and Industrial ........................................................... 42
MIPI IP TAM Forecast (Consumer Electronics).................................................................................... 43
MIPI IP Complete Forecast 2011-2020 ................................................................................................... 44
MIPI IP Forecast by Segments ............................................................................................................. 44
MIPI IP Forecast 2011-2020 by Type................................................................................................... 45
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................................. 46
Recommended Reading: Publications and Market Survey ................................................................. 47

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List of Figures
Figure 1: MIPI UniPro layering scheme ...................................................................................................... 10
Figure 3: M-PHY and D-PHY differences ..................................................................................................... 12
Figure 4: M-PHY Type-I and Type-II Clocking Architecture ........................................................................ 13
Figure 4: M-PHY Specifications supported ................................................................................................. 13
Figure 5: D-PHY Clocking Architecture ....................................................................................................... 14
Figure 9: MIPI Interfaces in a Mobile Platform .......................................................................................... 15
Figure 37: MIPI IP results 2010-2013 ......................................................................................................... 18
Figure 35: MIPI IP PHY Pricing .................................................................................................................... 23
Figure 36: MIPI IP Controller Pricing .......................................................................................................... 23
Figure 10: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SC Supplier List ................................................................................... 28
Figure 10: Bill of Material (BOM) for Samsung Galaxy Note 3 ................................................................... 28
Figure 12: OMAP5 architecture and various interfaces functions ............................................................. 30
Figure 14: Smartphone Shipment (million units) Forecast 2011-2020 ...................................................... 33
Figure 15: Smartphone Shipment (million units) Forecast 2011-2020 (Graphic) ...................................... 33
Figure 16: MIPI IC forecast in Mobile (2011-2020) .................................................................................... 34
Figure 17: Main hypothesis to build MIPI PHY IP forecast in Mobile ......................................................... 35
Figure 18: PHY IP Forecast 2011-2021 in Wireless Handset ...................................................................... 35
Figure 19: MIPI Specifications Controller IP Forecast 2011-2020 in Wireless Handset ............................. 36
Figure 20: MIPI IP Detailed Forecast 2011-2020 in Wireless Handset ....................................................... 37
Figure 21: MIPI IP Market Forecast 2011-2020 in Wireless Handset......................................................... 37
Figure 22: PHY IP Forecast in PC & Media Tablet, main hypothesis .......................................................... 38
Figure 23: PHY IP Forecast 2011-2020 in PC & Media Tablet..................................................................... 38
Figure 24: Controller IP Forecast 2011-2020 in PC & Media Tablet........................................................... 39
Figure 25: MIPI IP TAM Forecast 2014-2020 in PC & Media Tablet ........................................................... 40
Figure 26: MIPI IP Forecast 2014-2020 in PC & Media Tablet.................................................................... 40
Figure 27: PHY IP Forecast, main hypothesis ............................................................................................. 41
Figure 28: PHY IP Forecast 2011-2020 in CE, Industrial, medical & IoT ..................................................... 41
Figure 29: Controller IP Forecast 2011-2020 in CE, Industrial, medical & IoT ........................................... 42
Figure 30: MIPI IP Forecast 2011-2020 in CE, Industrial, medical & IoT .................................................... 43
Figure 31: MIPI IP Graphic Forecast 2011-2020 in CE, Industrial, medical & IoT ....................................... 43
Figure 32: MIPI IP Forecast 2011-2020 by Segments ................................................................................. 44
Figure 33: MIPI IP Forecast 2011-2020 by Segments ................................................................................. 44
Figure 34: MIPI IP Forecast 2011-2020 by Type ......................................................................................... 45
Figure 35: MIPI IP Graphic Forecast 2011-2020 by Type ........................................................................... 45

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Recommended Reading: Publications and Market Survey

1. "Interface IP: winners & losers in 2013 GSA IP Working Group, San Jose, Ca, October 17,
2013
2. "MIPI Specifications 2013 Review, Status, Threat and Opportunities MIPI Alliance
Strategy meeting, Paris, December 3, 2013
3. "Verification IP Market Survey" November 2013
4. "Interface IP 2010-2012 Survey Forecast 2013-2017" December 2013
5. "PHY IP & Very High Speed Multi Standard SerDes Survey" December 2013
6.

Such a small piece of Silicon, so strategic PHY IP: on Semiwiki (May 2012)

7. "Interface IP Market Survey 1995-2015 and Next?" IP-SoC, 7-8th December 2011
8.

A Tribute To Interface IP Market Survey: on Semiwiki (November 2011)

9.

Explosion of MIPI IP penetration in Wireless allows pervasion in PC & Consumer

Electronic segments- IP-SoC days, 18th October 2010 Hsinchu and IP-SoC, December 1st,
2010, Grenoble.

10. Diffusion of USB 3.0 innovation, IP forecast for 2010-2015 IP-SoC days, 18th October
2010 Hsinchu and IP-SoC, December 1st, 2010, Grenoble.
11. "PCI Express IP Market Survey" July 2013 (4th Version) - Sold to most of the IP vendors!
12. Diffusion of USB 3.0 innovation, IP forecast for 2009-2012 IP-ESC'09 Conference,
December 2009
13. Wired Interface IP- and the winner is IP-ESC'09 Conference, December 2009
14. "USB 3.0 IP Market Survey 2011-2015 Forecast" November 2011
15. "SATA IP Market Survey" May 2009 Sold to the key actors of Storage Semiconductor.
16. "The PCIe IP is Market consolidating. Is it necessarily the Commoditization of the PCIe
IP?", IP'07 Conference, December 2007, Grenoble.
17. "Case Study of PCIe as an On-board System Bus", PCI-SIG DevCon 2006, Santa Clara, USA.
available on: http://www.pcisig.com/events/devcon06/
18. "Aspects of PCIe Integration in SoC Designs" PCI-SIG DevCon 2005, Santa Clara, USA.
available on: http://www.pcisig.com/events/devcon05/

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