Worldwide PC Microprocessor 2011-2015 Forecast

This IDC study forecasts the overall unit shipments, revenue, and average selling prices of the worldwide PC microprocessor market for 2011–2015. The study also forecasts MPUs designed for desktop PCs, mobile PCs, and PC servers, breaking down the number of unit shipments by the architecture of the cores inside each MPU (x86, ARM, and other). This study does not encompass microprocessors for media tablets or other non-PC devices.

"The PC processor market remains the biggest single segment of the PC chip market. It will have increasing pull on the rest of the chips inside the typical PC over the forecast period." — Shane Rau, research director, Computing Semiconductors