Communications sector still provides greatest opportunity for embedded merchant computer boards
16 June 2004
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The communications sector continues to consume more embedded merchant computer boards than any other vertical market.
This is according to VDC's 2002/2003 Embedded Merchant Computer Board Market Intelligence Program. The findings apply to the overall board market, and in particular, the following products:
Embedded merchant computer board shipments, segmented by vertical market, 2003 (% of $ volume shipments). Note that this does not include Expansion Slot Cards or COM Carriers
* Standards-based embedded blades - Over 84% of standards-based embedded blade shipments went into communication applications in 2003.
* Single board computers - The communications industry consumed nearly 43% of single board computer shipments in 2003. For 2004, demand for SBCs in communications is expected to increase, with a greater number of boards going toward edge applications such as wireless infrastructure.
* Mezzanine cards - More than 42% of mezzanine card shipments went to the communications sector in 2003. Use of mezzanines in communications applications is expected to increase by about 15%, while use in many other markets (with the notable exception of military/aerospace) is expected to decline.
The rebound of the communications industry coupled with a growing trend toward use of standards-based, rather than proprietary, architectures promises healthy growth for merchant computer board consumption, concludes VDC.
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