Semico forecasts computing market up 14.3 percent in 2011

PHOENIX, USA: Smartphones and tablets get all the press these days, but desktop and notebooks PCs aren't over yet. At Comic-Con, AMD showed off some impressive processors and GPUs optimized for the gaming market that will pump new blood into the computing market just in time for the holiday shopping season.

The Computing Segment of our Market Analysis and Planning (MAP) Model is forecasted to be up 14.3 percent this year over 2010. This includes total numbers from servers, workstations, desktops, notebooks, netbooks, and tablet PCs.

Our Market Analysis and Planning (MAP) Model accounts for ~80 percent of the semiconductor market, and is one of our most popular services that contributes to Semico's overall forecast. Our analysts contribute to the service throughout the year, providing historical data from 2000 and forecasts into 2015. With this large increase for computing, Semico forecasts the entire semiconductor market will increase 6.5 percent in 2011.

When we break down the computing segment, we can see the main growth leading this market is in tablet PCs, which will increase 135.3 percent over 2010, not surprising as that market only came into existence in 2010, when 17 million tablets shipped. Servers and Workstations will grow 20.2 percent and 23 percent, respectively, shipping over 45 million units in 2011. Desktops will be the only computing segment to decline, dipping 3 percent to 130 million units.

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Computing: Desktop PCs, Netbooks, Notebook PCs, Entry-Level Servers, Mid-Range & High-End Servers, Workstations, NAS Servers.

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