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From: gcouger@olesun.okstate.edu (Gordon Couger)
Subject: Re: market share of embedded systems
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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 04:44:03 GMT
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In article <jfoxCpzB03.H1q@netcom.com>, Jeff Fox <jfox@netcom.com> wrote:
>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!

>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.
>
One or more microprocessors go into every automobile, truck, and farm
tractor built in the U.S. In number this probably outstrips any other 
use of coures it take a lot of <$20 chips to equal one Alpha chip or
486 50 for that mater.

Gordon
                             Gordon Couger                            
                             Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering              
                             Oklahoma State University                         
                             114 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK  74074                 
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