IDC's Computing Systems, Platforms and Technologies service provides continuous market data and analysis of the worldwide hardware computing platforms markets. These include network-centric platforms composed of small form factor (SFF), midsize (rack servers), and large systems deployed in datacenter and off-datacenter locations such as edge and in shared cloud, dedicated cloud, and noncloud infrastructure. The infrastructure industry is in a state of transition, driven by disruptive trends such as cloud computing, edge deployments, artificial intelligence (AI), silicon heterogeneity, platform specialization, software-defined infrastructure, opex delivery models, open infrastructure design, and sustainability and energy efficiency. This service provides research and analysis on how these trends are reshaping the development and evolution of new and existing system, platform, and technology markets. This service also analyzes vendor trends and strategies as well as buyer behavior.
Computing Systems, Platforms and Technologies
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Group Vice President and General Manager, Worldwide Infrastructure Research
Senior Research Director, Compute Infrastructure and Service Provider Trends, Worldwide Infrastructure Research
Research Vice President, Compute Infrastructure and Service Provider Trends, Worldwide Infrastructure Research
Research Vice-President, Performance Intensive Computing, Worldwide Infrastructure Research
Markets and Subjects Analyzed
Worldwide server market share, forecasts, and installed base
Scale-up and scale-out computing architecture
Modular systems
Edge computing infrastructure
Next-generation computing platforms
Vendor performance, strategies, and portfolios
Accelerated computing, including control plane offload mechanisms
Liquid cooling technologies and systems
Form factor trends
Heterogeneous computing architectures
PCIe, Ethernet, CXL, NVLink, NVMe-oF, Infiniband, and other fabrics
Core Research
Worldwide Server Market Shares and Forecast
Worldwide Server Installed Base Forecast
Silicon Heterogeneity and Impact on Computing Platforms Market
Accelerated Computing Market Trends and Outlook (Workload and Function Offload)
Fabrics and Interconnects and Associated Standards
End-User Adoption Trends and Sentiment
Product, Technology, and Industry Trends
Computing Component Technologies
Confidential and Trusted Computing: Technologies to Secure Data in Flight, in Use, and at Rest
Small Form Factor Trends
In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct research on specific topics or emerging market segments via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.
Key Questions Answered
What are the latest trends and innovations in computing infrastructure and technology?
What are the emerging technologies that could disrupt the computing platforms industry?
How will accelerated computing and AI change the industry?
How will edge computing infrastructure evolve in the connected world?
How are distributed computing architectures evolving?