This study centers on the embedded systems industry, including identifying the significant segment of this industry that is converging with mainstream systems and forming the intelligent systems industry. This report provides context around the market's size and forecast and identifies key attributes that companies must address to capture the growth of the market.
For over a decade, IDC's Semiconductors and Enabling Technologies team has been advising and researching the large embedded and intelligent systems marketplace, and this study serves as part of our ongoing commitment to the research and vision of growing collaboration between IDC and leading companies that are defining the market's direction and opportunity.
"Intelligent systems are where the chief value is on the Internet of Everything," said Mario Morales, program vice president of Semiconductors and EMS and vice president of IDC's Enabling Technologies research group. "Their features, capabilities, and autonomy mean that they will be the main aggregators and analyzers of big data, the main prerequisite for actually monetizing big data."
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Methodology
Situation Overview
Future Outlook
Forecast and Assumptions
Table: Worldwide Total System and Microprocessor Core Shipments, 2013–2018 (M)
Table: Worldwide System and Microprocessor Core Shipments Excluding PCs, Mobile Phones, Tablets, eReaders, and Servers, 2013–2018 (M)
Table: Worldwide Traditional Embedded Systems and Intelligent Systems Shipments by Major Industry, 2013–2018 (M)
Table: Worldwide Traditional Embedded Systems and Intelligent Systems Revenue by Major Industry, 2013–2018 ($M)
Table: Worldwide Total Systems Microprocessors Consumed by Major Industry, 2013–2018 (M)
Figure: Worldwide Total Systems Microprocessors Share Consumed by Major Industry, 2013 and 2018
Figure: Worldwide Traditional Embedded Systems and Intelligent Systems Shipments by Category, 2014
Table: Worldwide Healthcare Intelligent Systems Shipments, 2013–2018 (M)
Table: Worldwide Top 10 Systems Revenue 2013–2018 CAGR by Vertical
Table: Top 3 Assumptions for the Worldwide Embedded and Intelligent Systems Market, 2014–2018
Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Embedded and Intelligent Systems Market, 2014–2018
Market Context
Table: Worldwide Traditional Embedded Systems and Intelligent Systems Revenue, 2010–2018: Comparison of July 2013 and July 2014 Forecasts ($M)
Figure: Worldwide Traditional Embedded Systems and Intelligent Systems Revenue, 2010–2018: Comparison of July 2013 and July 2014 Forecasts
Essential Guidance
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Related Research
Methodology
Historical Market Values and Exchange Rates
Definitions