If you really want to "look around the corner" and make far-sighted technology predictions, the best way is to get familiar with Asian component trends. What happens at chip-level manufacturing is frequently an excellent bellwether of what's about to happen with more complex gadgets. And a new report from Frost & Sullivan says that the VoIP semiconductor market will grow from last year's $256.2 million to nearly $860 million in 2009. The growth is across segments: infrastructure, enterprise and consumer.

For more information about the VoIP semiconductor market:
- read this article [1] from NE Asia Online