MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES VOIP SEMICONDUCTOR PROFILE
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a spin-off from Conexant
Systems, has a significant position in the VoIP market, with as much as 35 percent of its total semiconductor market coming
from that market in any given financial quarter.
Mindspeed’s VoIP chips, which are primarily targeted at VoIP
gateways, have also been a primary source of revenue growth at the company in 2004 and 2005. Mindspeed for its third quarter ended June 30, 2005 had total revenues of $27.7 million. Of that, 32 percent was derived
from multiservice access VoIP solutions, which was up 3 percent from the second quarter of 2005. For its second quarter of
2005, VoIP revenues was 33 percent of total sales of $26.6 million. Compared to the first quarter of 2005, VoIP revenue grew
an astonishing 35 percent. In the third quarter of 2004, Mindspeed’s total revenue was $35.4 million, of which VoIP
contributed 27 percent of the total revenues, which represented a 38 percent increase in VoIP revenue from Mindspeed’s
second quarter in 2004.
Mindspeed also has its eye on the VoIP-over-Cable market. In this
regard, it has announced VoIP-over-Cable software for its VoIP processors. As well, in order to further penetrate the VoIP
market, Mindspeed entered into an agreement with Legerity to jointly offer VoIP solutions for carrier and broadband access
equipment companies.
Mindspeed’s recent VoIP customers have included Harbour Networks,
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd , Siemens Communications Inc., Teleca, TelcoBridges, Vierling Communications GmbH, and Viking
Interworks.
