PowerDsine owner points to growth

Microsemi, parent of Power over Ethernet specialist PowerDsine, has published storng grwoth figures for the sector.

Jim Peterson - President and CEO, says: "We will see continued proliferation of 802.11n product offerings throughout 2008, with WiMAX establishing itself as a key future market. Demands for these higher bandwidth solutions drive a performance metric unseen by the wireless LAN market historically. And the system performance benefit Microsemi brings in these applications, has added significant value to our customer solutions."

"Our power ethernet business resumed its growth path in June, with the solid revenue showing, complemented by strong bookings. In particular we have several new integrated circuits and system level PoE products that have been or soon be released to production, that are driving the next-generation design win strength."

He expects to grow 30% in port shipments this year, driven by increased demand for client devices such as IP video cameras, phones, and wireless LAN access points. "We see this market growing with the PoE plus standard [E02.3at] which enables higher power devices and expands our opportunity into the notebook markets."