Friday, November 2, 2012

China market: Over 310,000 x86 servers shipped in 2Q12, says IDC


Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Friday 2 November 2012]

There were 316,000 x86 servers shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 5.6% on year. Of the shipments, 26,700 were 4-way units, up 33% on-year, according to sources from the server industry citing figures from IDC.

For the third quarter, server shipment volume in China are expected to have grown slightly on quarter with Intel-based platforms continuing to lead the market, the sources noted.

The growth in the second-quarter server shipments was mainly due to rising demand from the government, financial industry and telecom carriers of China, the sources noted.

Several China-based social and search websites also plan to increase their server purchases in the upcoming years.

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