Natick, Massachusetts – June 25, 2010 – According to VDC Research’s latest report, the Slot Single Board Computer (SBC) market, which reached over $1.4B in 2009, is poised for exponential growth over the next several years after suffering in both 2008 and 2009. Investment budget cuts led to market contraction, but VDC expects the market to return to pre-recession levels as companies across verticals begin to make investments in new infrastructure and equipment.
Despite the promising forecast, the report indicates the Slot SBC market is faced with a significant threat from embedded motherboards and other single-board, active backplane board architectures.
“Right now, customers are looking for products that can reduce the size, weight and power at a lower cost, and they will likely turn toward the single-board solutions that can now satisfy applications previously served by slot architectures,” said Eric Heikkila, Director of VDC Research’s Embedded Hardware & Systems practice. “These single-board solutions are able to provide higher performance with the most recent multi-core processors, and we expect that many applications outside of the communications infrastructure, military/aerospace and other highest performance vertical segments will swap out slot SBCs with the active backplane single-board SBCs.”
The 2010 Embedded Hardware Market Intelligence Service, Track 2: Embedded Boards Supply-side Analysis, Volume 1: Slot Single Board Computers report is currently available for purchase.
For Senior Executives working in this market, the full report provides:
Global geographic coverage with detailed, multidimensional market segmentation maps;
Supplier and position analysis, including basic served market profile, current offerings, conservative forecasts and strategic analysis vendor profiles;
Customer (OEM/Integrator) analysis, including discussions with solution OEMs and systems integrators focusing on primary offerings, markets served, strategies and outlook, technical and commercial requirements and preferences, and product and vendor selection criteria;
Channel analysis, including channel types, demographics, business models, vendor relations and perspectives and strategic issues; and
Discussion of key issues, forces and trends driving market demand for shaping opportunities and requirements for growing share and profit.
A complimentary executive brief with high-level findings is also available for download here.
If you would like more information regarding our analysis, please contact:
Eric Heikkila, Director, 310.393.9086, [email protected]
Eric Guilliksen, Senior Analyst, 508.653.9000 x147, [email protected]
About VDC Research
VDC Research Group (VDC) is a technology market research and strategy consulting firm that advises clients in a number of technology markets including: Automatic Identification and Transaction Automation, Embedded Hardware and Systems, Embedded Software and Tools, Industrial Automation and Control and Mobile and Wireless. Using rigorous primary research and analysis techniques, the firm helps its clients identify, plan for, and capitalize on current and emerging market opportunities. We strive to deliver exceptional value to our clients by leveraging the considerable technical, operational, educational and professional experience of our research and consulting staff. During our nearly four decades of ongoing operation, we have had the pleasure of serving most of the world’s leading technology companies, many high-profile start-ups, and numerous blue-chip early and later stage investors. Our products and services consist of research reports, annual research programs, and custom research and consulting services. Founded in 1971, the firm is located in the Boston area.
