Frost＆Sullivan市场调研公司最近公布了一份题为“世界嵌入式控制器市场”(The World Embedded ControllerMarket)的报告,论述了自1992年以来的市场增长情况,并对2002年以前的市场前景进行了预测。报告详细介绍了嵌入式控制器市场五大类的营收、出货量和价格。世界市场分为北美(包括加拿大和美国)、欧洲(包括西欧和东欧)、亚太地区(包括日本、东南亚、俄罗斯和前苏维埃共和国,印度,澳大利亚和新西兰)和其它(包括中南美非洲和中东)等四大地区。最终用户分成六大行业:商用计算技术、电信、消费类电子设备、运输、工业和其他。1995年嵌入式控制器消费量最大的行业是消费类电子设备业和电信业,分别占市场销售总额的32.6％和26.2％。报告中还概要介绍了商业策略,并对30家公司作了简介。1995年世界嵌入式控制器市场值为113.4亿美元,预测2002年将达337亿美元,年均增长率16.8％。按照控制器数据总线的宽度划分,嵌入式控制器市场又可分4位、8位、16 位、32位和64位5个等级。市场上发展最快的是16位、32位和64位嵌入式控制器,年均增长率分别为23.2％、25.6％和53％。此外,嵌入式控制器正向高性能发展,原因有二:一是成本。现在的8位低档控制器与4位高档控制器的价格相当;16位低档控制器与8位高档控制器的价 Frost & Sullivan Market Research Inc. recently released a report titled “The World Embedded Controller Market” that discusses market growth since 1992 and forecasts market outlook before 2002 . The report details the revenue, shipments, and prices of the five categories of the embedded controller market. The world market is divided into North America (including Canada and the United States), Europe (including Western and Eastern Europe), Asia Pacific (including Japan, Southeast Asia, Russia and the former Soviet Republic, India, Australia and New Zealand) and others (including Central and South America Africa and the Middle East). Wait for the four major regions. End users are divided into six major industries: business computing technology, telecommunications, consumer electronics, transportation, industry, and others. In 1995, the industries with the largest consumption of embedded controllers were the consumer electronics industry and the telecommunications industry, which accounted for 32.6% and 26.2% of the total market sales, respectively. The report also outlines the business strategy and gives an overview of 30 companies. In 1995, the value of the world’s embedded controllers was 11.34 billion U.S. dollars, and it is predicted that it will reach 33.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2002, with an average annual growth rate of 16.8%. Divided by the width of the controller data bus, the embedded controller market can be divided into four levels, 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit. The fastest growing markets are 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit embedded controllers, with annual growth rates of 23.2%, 25.6%, and 53%, respectively. In addition, the embedded controller is developing towards high performance for two reasons: one is cost. The price of 8-bit low-end controllers and 4-bit high-end controllers is equivalent; the price of 16-bit low-end controllers and 8-bit high-end controllers