In 2014, the microserver segment will grow by 139%

Microservers are a promising segment of low-cost and energy-efficient compact servers. They will soon be in demand in industries where there is no need for large computing power. They are also going to be used in data centers of the new architecture: miniature microservers are planned to be combined into dense clusters. If you believe the analysts from IC Insights , in the near future it is precisely the representatives of this segment who will “steer” the server markets around the world.


In the past two years, the server market has been in a fever due to falling prices and the general weakness of the global economy. However, IC Insights promise that the situation will improve soon and the market will grow by leaps and bounds in the next three years. According to experts, global income in 2014 will grow by three percent and reach 54.6 billion dollars. In 2015 and 2016 the market will grow even more actively, but in 2017 an economic recession is expected again, and again it will be necessary to tighten the belts.

Revenues from the sale of servers in 2013 amounted to 13% of total sales of computing systems. Experts believe that in 2012-2017. sales volumes will grow by an average of 1.5% each year.

However, it is the microserver segment that will play the key role. They are extremely effective for solving a large number of simple computing tasks, for example, for serving mobile applications or web pages. They can also be successfully used to service a wide range of applications in data centers and cloud services. Given the boom in these industries, there is no doubt about the commercial success of microservers.

IC Insights estimated that sales of microservers in 2014 will grow by 139% - from $ 243 million in 2013 to 580 million in 2014. It is expected that from 2012 to 2017 sales will grow by an average of 72% $ 1.2 billion reached a year and by 2017.

Not so long ago it became known that the manufacturer of microxervers Calxeda was closedfrom Australia. However, the closure of Calxeda is unlikely to mean market slowdowns. Rather, it is worth considering this as a consequence of fierce competition, since many companies are working on the development of microservers and chipsets for them day and night, including such monsters as Intel, Nvidia, Samsung and Marvell Technology.

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