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19th edition (Deloitte press release, 10 December 2019). The Deloitte Insights edition URL serves the full report PDF. Rank is the order in the report.
We predict that in 2020, more than 750 million edge AI chips—chips or parts of chips that perform or accelerate machine learning tasks on-device, rather than in a remote data center—will be sold.
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we predict that just over half of them will be professional service robots, generating more than US$16 billion in revenue—30 percent more than in 2019.
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We expect that more than 100 companies worldwide will have begun testing private 5G deployments by the end of 2020, collectively investing a few hundred million dollars in labor and equipment.
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By the end of 2020, there would be over 700 satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) seeking to offer global broadband internet, up from roughly 200 at the end of 2019.
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We predict that the smartphone multiplier will drive US$459 billion of revenue in 2020 alone.
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We predict that in 2020, at least 1.6 billion people worldwide, representing 450 million households, will get at least some of their TV from an antenna.
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We predict that the global CDN market will reach US$14 billion in 2020, up more than 25 percent from 2019's estimated US$11 billion.
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Deloitte Global predicts that revenue from ad-supported video services will reach an estimated US$32 billion in 2020.
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In 2020, Deloitte predicts, the global audiobook market will grow by 25 percent to US$3.5 billion. We also predict that the global podcasting market will increase by 30 percent to reach US$1.1 billion in 2020
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We predict that tens of billions of additional bicycle trips per year will take place in 2022 over 2019 levels.
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