Japan Windows workstation shipments up 33.8% in 00
March 30, 2001 03:38:00 AM ET
Looks like W2K making some progress in Asia
TOKYO, March 30 (Reuters) - Japan's domestic shipments of
Windows-based workstations grew 33.8 percent in calendar 2000 and
currently account for 60 percent of the overall workstation
market, a market research firm said on Friday.
More powerful than personal computers, workstations are used
for advanced graphics and software design, and run on competing
operating systems, Unix and Windows.
IDC Japan said shipments of Windows-based workstations
swelled to 104,570 units in 2000. Overall shipments of
workstations, including those in the traditional Unix-based
market, grew 11.9 percent from the previous year to 173,246.
IDC Japan also ranked the top five vendors of Windows-based
workstations, as well as the top five overall workstation vendors
in 2000, as follows:
PC Workstations 2000 shipments 2000 share 1999 share
NEC (T:6701) 22,860 21.9% 18.5%
Dell (O:DELL) 22,150 21.2% 16.5%
IBM (N:IBM) 19,000 18.2% 19.4%
HP (N:HWP) 13,110 12.5% 11.3%
Compaq (N:CPQ) 11,160 10.7% 8.6%
Other 16,290 15.6% 25.7%
Total 104,570 100.0% 100.0%
Unix and Windows 2000 shipments 2000 share 1999 share
Sun (O:SUNW) 31,440 18.1% 21.4%
NEC 30,710 17.7% 15.8%
IBM 25,770 14.9% 14.9%
HP 23,961 13.8% 12.6%
Dell 22,150 12.8% 8.3%
Other 39,215 22.6% 27.1%
Total 173,246 100.0% 100.0% |
