The trends of mobility and cloud are affecting the hardware market as much as software, creating winners and losers both at the corporate and the sector level. The Smart phones market continues to expand rapidly, driven by increasing take up of mid to low range models in emerging nations such as India and China. While tablets are continuing to grow, the PC and Laptop sales have stagnated, without going into the type of precipitous decline many have predicted. In the server and storage market, some providers are benefiting from the huge demands of cloud infrastructure, but others are losing out as corporates invest less in physical on location storage and applications. Unsurprisingly the fasted growth is found in the new and innovative markets such 3D printing, where the market has the potential to reach $20-30bn in the next ten years, compared to the current market size of only around $2bn.

Some highlights from the Digest include:

• Chrome book is a Driving Force in the Declined PC market
• Consumer 3D Printer devices need the Widening of Application Availability
• Flash Memory Plays A Major Role In Migrating From Traditional Data Storage To Cloud-Based Storage
• Indian HDD (Hard Disk Drive) Market Has Huge Potential To Grow
• Integrated System Has Added Advantages Over General Infrastructure
• PC gaming Hardware Experienced growth in a Declined PC market Environment
• The Semiconductor Market Experiencing strong growth
• Growing Demand For Ultra-Mobile PCs Impacting The Traditional PC Sales

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