2008-04-08 16:00:56 | 示波器市场前途无量

Iridescent future ahead for the oscilloscope market

Vijay Mathew, Research Analyst, Test & Measurement Practice, Frost & Sullivan, www.frost.com -- Test & Measurement World, 4/1/2008

Compared with other types of general-purpose test and measurement equipment, the oscilloscope market has witnessed the most technological innovations and changing market trends. The oscilloscope market exceeded $1.2 billion in 2007, driven primarily by constantly evolving technologies in the communications and computer industries.

Demand for analog oscilloscopes continues to decline as they become replaced by digital and PC-based versions.

模拟示波器的需求在持续衰减，其昔日的霸主地位正在被数字示波器和基于PC的示波器所取代。

和其他通用测试仪器相比，示波器经历了最多的技术创新，也正是它在改变测试测量市场的趋势。2007年，超过12亿美元的示波器市场主要由通信和计算机工业相关技术的发展驱动的。

A key driver in the oscilloscope market has been the increased adoption of high-speed serial data bus technologies such as PCI Express 2.0, Serial ATA III, and HDMI 1.3 in the computer and consumer electronics industries. Growing signal complexity and challenges associated with signal integrity and data acquisition have raised the bar in terms of performance requirements for digital oscilloscopes.

示波器市场一个关键的驱动力来自于高速串行总线技术如，PCI Express2.0，SATA III以及HDMI1.3在计算机和消费电子行业的应用的持续增长。信号复杂度的增长、信号完整性以及数据采集带来的挑战都提升了数字示波器在性能方面的需求。

Another standard that is growing in prominence in the audio/video application space is DisplayPort, the high-speed serial interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). DisplayPort, which aims at addressing the growing bandwidth needs of high-resolution audio and video applications, is expected to replace LVDS, DVI, and VGA, thereby providing significant growth opportunities for oscilloscope vendors.

在音视频应用领域异军突起的另一个标准DisplayPort正在持续成长。该高速串行接口标准由VESA开发。该接口的诞生旨在满足高分辨率音视频应用度带宽不断增长的需求，大家普遍认为它会取代LVDS，DVI以及VGA成为该领域的标准接口，因此这对于示波器厂商来说也意味着意义重大的市场机遇。

The communications industry also provides significant growth potential for the oscilloscope market. The transition from analog to digital RF technology has generated the need for high-performance RF test tools and has fueled the demand for digital as well as PC-based oscilloscopes or digitizers. At the same time, demand for their analog counterparts continues to decline. Unable to keep pace with challenges associated with complex signal analysis, analog scopes have limited capabilities that are driving them toward extinction (figure).

通信行业也为示波器市场的成长提供了重要的增长潜力。从模拟到数字射频技术的转变产生了对高性能射频测试工具的需求，同时也为启动了对基于PC的示波器和数字化仪的需求。模拟示波器的需求则持续减少。对于复杂信号的分析所带来的挑战，模拟示波器其显然无法跟上其发展节奏，有限的功能正在使他们推出示波器市场。

There has been increasing demand among customers for the ability to tailor their test equipment for particular applications. Customers look for a software-based approach to instrumentation that allows them to customize their own solutions, and PC-based oscilloscopes are able to take advantage of the power and versatility of PCs. While the concept of a software-based approach to testing has been around for more than two decades, it has gained prominence over the past few years because of two key technological trends that have helped customers improve throughput while reducing the cost of test: the adoption of high-speed serial buses like PCI Express and the evolution of multicore processors.

用户对测试设备进行随心所欲的定制以满足特殊应用的需求一直在增长。很多用户正在寻找一个中基于软件途径的仪器技术使得他们能够定制解决方案，基于PC的示波器能够充分利用PC的各种优点和性能，它即是用户寻找的这种可以定制的解决方案。实际上基于软件的测试概念已经存在近20年，由于两个关键的技术趋势，在过去的几年中他们开始突然崛起。这个两个技术趋势帮助用户改善了数据吞吐的降低了测试成本：高速串行总新如PCI Express的应用和多核处理器技术所带来的革命。

With technology evolving at unprecedented rates in the communication and PC industries and as the use of high-speed serial interfaces continues to spread across various consumer market segments, the future of the oscilloscopes market has never held more promise. The performance competencies of these instruments will continue to improve to surpass the needs of its demanding and diverse customer base.

随着通信和PC工业技术不断向前发展，高速串行接口将继续蔓延至各类消费市场领域，未来的示波器市场将会如何还不确定。但是，这些工具的能力和性能肯定会得到持续的改善，并能满足甚至超过来自用户的各种各样的需求。

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