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From: jfox@netcom.com (Jeff Fox)
Subject: Re: market share of embedded systems
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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 03:28:51 GMT
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In article <STRAVERS.94May17183940@urk.gmd.de> 
            Paul Stravers <paul.stravers@gmd.de> writes:

>What is the world volume (in $$) of embedded computer systems? How does this
>compare to for instance the volume of work stations and PC's?  How will this
>change in the next few years? What percentage of the world volume of embedded
>systems is dedicated to robotics?
>
>Anybody has any pointers to reports about this matter? Thanks!
>
>Paul Stravers
>--

I recently heard at a presentation by Altera Corporation that 2 billion
microprocessors are sold every year now, and that 2% of these go into
PCs of some kind.  We were also told that 2% of the PC market was non-
xxx86 design.  This was contrasted to press coverage of these things
which is reversed, that is 98% of the press information about micros
is about PCs, and the high end non-xxx86 micros get most of that
press coverage.
I think the robotics share is very very low, but I have no numbers.

Jeff Fox
