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Abstract
RESEARCH OVERVIEW:
- Pages: 113
- Exhibits: 84
- Profiled Companies: 14
- Primary Sources/Telephone Sample Size: 50
- Primary Sources/Web Survey Sample Size: 250
- Market Forecast Coverage: 2007-2012
- Regional Market Coverage: Global
DETAILED OVERVIEW:
As part of its Merchant Computer Boards for Embedded and Real-Time
Applications Market Intelligence Program 2008, VDC Research Group (VDC) is
pleased to announce the release of a study that comprises an examination of
the present and future markets for Stackable computer boards.
The research includes quantitative data that includes current market sizes and
forecasts through the year 2012 for form factors such as the PC/104 family,
EBX, and EPIC as well as analysis and strategic recommendations for the same
markets. Important trends analyzed include the impact of PC/104 family
products utilizing PCI-Express, the expected effect on the overall stackables
market from the delayed development of these same PCI-Express products, the
continued commoditization of the embedded boards industry, and many more.
Research Highlights
Actual year 2007 Stackables dollar volume shipments, US$ 505.4 million, were
only US$ 1.7 million below the US$ 507.1 million projected in VDC' s most
recent previous Stackables study. However, actual year 2007 dollar shipments
of PC/104 family stackables were less than had been projected and shipments of
“Other” (Non-PC/104 Family) stackables were greater than had been
projected.
The slower-than-expected growths of PC/104 Family module shipments may be, at
least in part, due to a delay in the release of a standard covering use of PCI
Express as a module-to-module interconnect. This delay may have slowed PC/104
growth in high end applications over the past two years. Ultimately, the
PC/104 Embedded Consortium issued a set of specifications generically called
PCI/104-Express (including PCI/104-Express and PCIe/104), while a new body,
SFF-SIG, issued a somewhat different standard called Express104. Both have the
potential for success.
Report Scope
Platform Classes
- PC/104 family modules, including PC/104, PC/104-Plus, PCI-104,
PCI/104-Express (both PCI/104Express and PCIe/104) and Express104.
- “Other” stackables, including EBX, EPIC, Stackable USB,
3.5”, 5.25” boards and others.
Vertical Markets
- Communications: Edge (e.g., gateways, open-PBX, ACD, etc.)
- Communications: Core (e.g., class 4 switches, SS7 control, Internet
backbone switches/routers, etc.
- Industrial Control and Automation (e.g., distributed control
systems, motor/motion control, semiconductor fab, etc.
- Instrumentation (e.g., automated test equipment, scientific
instrumentation)
- Medical (e.g., imaging, patient monitoring)
- Military/Aerospace/Defense
- Transportation (e.g., mass transit, maritime navigation and
control, air traffic control, on-board systems for heavy transport)
Functional Types (PC/104 Family only)
- CPU
- DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
- Memory
- Mass storage control
- Graphics/Display/Video (including Frame Grabbers)
- Audio (including vocoders)
- Networking (including NPUs, Ethernet, Fieldbus adapters, ARINC, USB,
Firewire, etc.)
- Analog/Digital I/O (including serial, parallel, A-D, D-A, counters,
timers, etc.)
- Switch Fabric Access
- Motor Control
- Telecom Connectivity (includes modem, ATM, T1/E1, VoIP, etc.)
- Other
Geographic Regions
- Americas
- EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
- Asia-Pacific
Other Segmentations
- Microprocessor Types
- Operating Systems
- Degree of Customization
- Distribution Channels
- Customer Class
- Board Sourcing
- Countries of Manufacture
Table of Contents
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- GENERAL OVERVIEW
- PLATFORM CLASSES
- VERTICAL MARKETS
- CPU TYPES
- OPERATING SYSTEMS
- LEADING STACKABLE VENDORS
II. SCOPE AND METHODOLOG Y
- SCOPE
- DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
- BOARDS EXCLUDED FROM THE STUDY
- SEGMENTATION
- OTHER REPORT CONTENT
- METHODOLOGY
III. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS
- TRADE ORGANIZATIONS AND STANDARDS
- The PC/104 Consortium
- Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG)
- Stackable USB
- MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
IV. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
- PLATFORM CLASSES
- VERTICAL MARKETS
- GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
- SALES AND DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
- CONSUMING CUSTOMER CLASSES
- DEGREE OF CUSTOMIZATION
- PROCESSORS
- OPERATING SYSTEMS
- LEADING STACKABLES VENDORS
V. PC/104 FAMILY MOD ULES
- GENERAL OVERVIEW
- Expansion Architectures
- Technical Descriptions
- MARKET OVERVIEW
- Overall Market
- Architectures and Functional Classes
- Vertical Markets
- Geographic Distribution
- Sales & Distribution Channels
- Consuming Customer Classes
- Degree of Customization
- Processors
- Integrated Features
- Operating Systems
- Functional Types
- Leading PC/104 Family Stackables Vendors, 2007
VI. OTHER (NON PC/104) STACKABLES
- GENERAL OVERVIEW
- Form Factors
- Brief Technical Descriptions
- MARKET OVERVIEW
- Overall Market
- Form Factors
- Vertical Markets
- Degrees of Customization
- Processors
- Expansion Architectures
- Operating Systems
- Integrated Features
- Leading Vendors
VII. DEMAND SIDE DATA
- DEMAND SIDE DATA
- SURVEY RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
- NON-TECHNICAL VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA
- STACKABLES FORM FACTORS
- REASON FOR SELECTING STACKABLES
- EXPECTED CHANGES IN STACKABLES PURCHASES
- PROCESSORS USED ON STACKABLES
- SURVEY RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS: PC/104 FAMILY USERS
- NON-TECHNICAL VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA: PC/104 FAMILY
- REASONS FOR SELECTING PC/104 FAMILY IN GENERAL
- EXPECTED CHANGES IN PC/104 FAMILY PURCHASES
- PROCESSORS USED ON PC/104 FAMILY STACKABLES
- SURVEY RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS: NON-PC/104 FAMILY STACKABLES USERS
- NON-TECHNICAL VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA: NON-PC/104 FAMILY STACKABLES USERS
- REASONS FOR SELECTING NON-PC/104 FAMILY STACKABLES
- EXPECTED CHANGES IN NON-PC/104 FAMILY STACKABLES PURCHASES
- PROCESSORS USED ON NON-PC/104 FAMILY STACKABLES
VIII. OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- SMALL SIZE, BIG OPPORTUNITY
- STACKABLE PLATFORMS
- PC/104 Family Modules
- “Other” Stackable
- CUSTOMIZATION
- MICROPROCESSORS
- OPERATING SYSTEMS
- HIGH-SPEED MODULE-TO-MODULE INTERCONNECTS
- EXPANSION CAPABILITY
- “Other” Stackables
- PC/104 Family Modules
- INTEGRATED FEATURES
- VERTICAL MARKETS
- SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
- PC/104 Family Module Vendors
- “Other” Stackable Board Vendors
IX. VENDOR PROFILES
- AAEON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- ADVANTECH
- AMPRO COMPUTERS, INC.
- ARBOR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- AXIOMTEK CO., LTD.
- DIAMOND SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- DIGITAL-LOGIC AG
- EUROTECH S.P.A
- KONTRON AG.
- MICRO/SYS, INC.
- RTD EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- TRI-M ENGINEERING
- VERSALOGIC CORPORATION
- WINSYSTEMS, INC.
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- I-1 Stackables: Total Market, 2007-2012 (US$ in Millions)
- I-2 Stackables Shipments Segmented by Architecture & Primary Functional
Type, 2007-2010 (US$ in Millions)
- I-3 Stackables Shipments Segmented by Architecture & Primary Functional
Type, Normalized Growth Curves, 2007-2012 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized
to Year 2007 Values)
- I-4 Stackables Shipments, 2007-2012 CAGRs
- I-5 Stackables Shipments by Vertical Market, 2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar
Volume Shipments)
- I-6 CPU Types Used by Stackables Class, 2007 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- I-7 Single Core vs. Multi-Core CPU Types Used, by Stackables Class, 2007
(% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- I-8 Operating System Types Used, by Stackables Class, 2007 (% of Dollar
Volume Shipments)
- I-9 Top Stackables Vendors by Market Share and Stackables Class, 2007
III. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- III-1 Stackables Industry Structure
IV. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
- IV-1 Stackables: Total Market, 2007-2012 (US$ in Millions)
- IV-2 Stackables Shipments Segmented by Architecture & Primary Functional
Type, 2007-2010 (US$ in Millions)
- IV-3 Stackables Shipments Segmented by Architecture & Primary Functional
Type, Normalized Growth Curves, 2007-2012 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized
to Year 2007 Values)
- IV-4 Stackables Shipments, 2007-2012 CAGRs
- IV-5 Stackables Shipments by Vertical Market, 2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar
Volume Shipments)
- IV-6 Stackables Shipments by Geographic Distribution, 2007 & 2010 (% of
Dollar Volume Shipments)
- IV-7 Stackables Shipments by Channel of Distribution, 2007 & 2010 (% of
Dollar Volume Shipments)
- IV-8 Stackables Shipments by Customer Class, 2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar
Volume Shipments)
- IV-9 Stackables Shipments by Degree of Customization, 2007 & 2010 (% of
Dollar Volume Shipments)
- IV-10 Stackable CPU Boards/Modules by Processor Type, 2007 & 2010 (% of
Dollar Volume Shipments)
- IV-11 Stackable CPU Boards/Modules, Single vs. Multi-Core Processor Use,
2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- IV-12 Stackable Shipments With & Without Operating System, 2007 & 2010 (%
of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- IV-13 Stackable Shipments, Estimated RTOS vs. Non-RTOS Use, 2007 & 2010 (%
of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- IV-14 Stackables Vendors, 2007 Ranking by Estimated Market Share
V. PC/104 FAMILY MODULES
- V-1 PC/104 Family Modules: Total Market, 2007-2012 (US$ in Millions)
- V-2 PC/104 Family Module Shipments Segmented by Architecture & Primary
Functional Type, 2007-2010
- V-3A PC/104 Family Module Shipments by Architecture, Normalized Growth
Curves, 2007-2012 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2007 Values)
- V-3B PC/104 Express Shipments by Architecture, Normalized Growth Curves,
2007- 2012 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2007 Values)
- V-4 PC/104 Family Module Shipments by Primary Functional Type, Normalized
Growth Curves, 2007-2012 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2007
Values)
- V-5 PC/104 Family Module Shipments, 2007-2012 CAGRs
- V-6 PC/104 Family CPU Module Shipments by Vertical Market, 2007 & 2010 (%
of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-7 PC/104 Family Expansion Module Shipments by Vertical Market, 2007 &
2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-8 PC/104 Family Module Shipments by Geographic Distribution, 2007 & 2010
(% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-9 PC/104 Family Module Shipments by Sales Channel, 2007 & 2010 (% of
Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-10 PC/104 Family Module Shipments by Channel of Distribution, 2007 &
2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-11 PC/104 Family Module Shipments by Degree of Customization, 2007 &
2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-12 PC/104 Family CPU Module Shipments by Processor, 2007 & 2010 (% of
Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-13 PC/104 Family CPU Module Shipments: Multi-Core Processor Use, 2007 &
2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-14 PC/104 Family CPU Module Shipments: Integrated Features, 2007 & 2010
(% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-15 PC/104 Family Module Shipments with Operating Systems, 2007 & 2010 (%
of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-16 PC/104 Family Module Shipments, Estimated Operating System Use, 2007
& 2010 (US$ in Millions)
- V-17 PC/104 Family Module Shipments, RTOS vs. Non-RTOS Use (Estimated),
2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-18 PC/104 Family Expansion Module Shipments, Functional Types, 2007 &
2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- V-19 PC/104 Family Module Vendors, 2007 Ranking by Estimated Market Share
VI. OTHER (NON PC/104) STACKABLES
- VI-1 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables: Total Market, 2007-2012 (US$ in
Millions)
- VI-2 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments Segmented by Form Factor,
2007- 2010 (US$ in Millions)
- VI-3 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments by Form Factor, Normalized
Growth Curves, 2007-2012 (Dollar Volume Shipments Normalized to Year 2007
Values)
- VI-4 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, 2007-2012 CAGRs
- VI-5 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments by Vertical Market, 2007 &
2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- VI-6 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments by Degree of Customization,
2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- VI-7 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments by CPU Type, 2007 & 2010 (% of
Dollar Volume Shipments)
- VI-8 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, Multi-core Processor Use,
2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- VI-9 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, Multiple Discrete Processor
Use, 2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- VI-10 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, Expansion Slot
Architectures, 2007 & 2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- VI-11 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, Shipments With and Without
Operating System, 2007 & 2010 (US$ in Millions)
- VI-12 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, Estimated Operating System
Use, 2007 & 2010 (US$ in Millions)
- VI-13 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, RTOS vs. Non-RTOS Use, 2007
& 2010 (US$ in Millions)
- VI-14 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Shipments, Integrated Features, 2007 &
2010 (% of Dollar Volume Shipments)
- VI-15 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Vendors, 2007 Ranking by Estimated
Market Share
VII. DEMAND SIDE DATA
- VII-1 Survey Respondent Demographics: Type of Business, 2008 (% of
Respondents Answering)
- VII-2 Survey Respondent Demographics: Primary Vertical Market Served, 2008
(% of Respondents Answering)
- VII-3 Top "Non-Product" Stackables Vendor Selection Criteria (% of
Respondents Selecting)
- VII-4 Stackables Form Factors Used/Purchased, 2008 & 2010
- VII-5 Stackables Form Factor Families Used/Purchased, 2008 & 2010
- VII-6 Reasons for Using/Selecting Stackables for Target Application(s),
2008
- VII-7 Expected Changes in Stackables Purchases, 2008 (% of Respondents
Answering)
- VII-8 Processors Used on Stackables, 2008 & 2010
- VII-9 Processor Group Usage on Stackables, 2008 & 2010
- VII-10 Multi-Core Processor Use on Stackables, 2008 & 2010
- VII-11 PC/104 Family Survey Respondent Demographics: Type of Business,
2008 (% of "PC/104 Family" Respondents Answering)
- VII-12 PC/104 Family Survey Respondent Demographics: Primary Vertical
Market Served, 2008 (% of "PC/104 Family" Respondents Answering)
- VII-13 Top "Non-Product" PC/104 Family Vendor Selection Criteria (% of
"PC/104 Family" Respondents Selecting)
- VII-14 Reasons for Using/Selecting PC/104 Family Stackables for Target
Application(s), 2008
- VII-15 Expected Changes in PC/104 Family Stackables Purchases, 2008 (% of
"PC/104 Family" Respondents Answering)
- VII-16 Processors Used on PC/104 Stackables, 2008 & 2010
- VII-17 Processor Group Usage on PC/104 Family Stackables, 2008 & 2010
- VII-18 Multi-Core Processor Use on PC/104 Family Stackables, 2008 & 2010
- VII-19 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Survey Respondent Demographics: Type
of Business, 2008 (% of "Non-PC/104 Family Stackables" Respondents Answering)
- VII-20 Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Survey Respondent Demographics:
Primary Vertical Market Served, 2008 (% of "Non-PC/104 Family Stackables"
Respondents Answering)
- VII-21 Top "Non-Product" Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Vendor Selection
Criteria (% of "Non-PC/104 Family Stackables" Respondents Selecting)
- VII-22 Reasons for Using/Selecting Non-PC/104 Family Stackables for Target
Application(s), 2008
- VII-23 Expected Changes in Non-PC/104 Family Stackables Purchases, 2008 (%
of "Non-PC/104 Family Stackables" Respondents Answering)
- VII-24 Processors Used on Non-PC/104 Family Stackables, 2008 & 2010 (% of
"Non- PC/104 Family Stackables" Respondents Answering)
- VII-25 Processor Group Usage on Non-PC/104 Family Stackables, 2008 & 2010
- VII-26 Multi-Core Processor Use on Non-PC/104 Family Stackables, 2008 &
2010
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