Research firm In-Stat has published its annual list of emerging and hot technology market trends for the year ahead. The firm's list includes “heterogenous multi-architectural processors,” wireless HDMI, PVRs, WiMAX, UWB wireless USB, ZigBee, and 3G, GPS, and DTV in China.

Among In-Stat's many predictions for the year ahead, the following stand out as especially interesting to device developers:

• By late 2007, entertainment PCs will connect to high-definition displays via “wireless HDMI,” and “that will really drive the market forward!” according to In-Stat
• 2007 will bring the first “heterogenious multi-architectural processors” — for example combining ARM and x86 cores in the same processor
• 20 percent of U.S. households will have a PVR (personal video recorder) by the end of 2007
• WiMAX will be deployed more in Europe and Asia than in North America, and WiMAX “e” will put even successful WiMAX “d” vendors under
• PC motherboards will be equipped with UWB Wireless USB by year's end
• “Net neutrality” proponents will turn coats as rising tides of rich media content slow down the Internet
• The IMS control layer software market will collapse to four global suppliers by year's end
• ZigBee will see use in a 5,000-node or larger distribution centers such as FedEx, Target, and UPS
• Mobile carriers will attempt to sell advertising
• China will roll out 3G networks before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing
• Chinese cable carriers will roll out 2-way DTV networks that can provide VoIP, data, VoD, and interactive services
• Handheld GPS devices will boom in China in 2007

In-Stat's report also includes a list of successful predictions from last year's report. The full 2007 forecast and 2006 scorecard can be downloaded for free, with registration, here.

 
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