Microprocessor shortages – reasons, data and solutions

A look at the causes of the shortages of microprocessors Read more »

6. The only hardware spending growth will be on solid state disks and processors

The hardware market will decline by 2.0% overall and only two product types – solid state drives and processors – will grow in 2020 (please note that I have excluded OEM sales from this forecast). Mobile device will be the one on which we spend most, but it will be […] Read more »

Server market takes a pause in 2019 – still dominated by Windows and x86

A look at the server market in the first half of 2019 from ITCandor's research Read more »

Microprocessor chip sales $317 billion – highly profitable, but sluggish

I have a look at the microprocessor market in Q2 2019 Read more »

AMD APUs – How Balanced Systems Will Transform The PC Market

AMD has lunched a full set of APU chips which incorporate CPU, GPU and Northbridge components. Read ITCandor's views of its competitive position and the important changes this will make to the PC market, Read more »

Intel Strategy – Tick Tock, System On Chip, Atom, Security And Servers

Intel is one of the most important vendors in the ITC industry and yet is hard to understand - not least because of its need to predict distant user needs. Read ITCandor's analysis of its current strategy, complete with some admissions about what we got right and wrong over many years of forecasting. Read more »

Server Choices – Why Chips, Form Factors, Architectures And Workloads Matter

The differences between chips, form factors, architectures and workloads are essential to understand when choosing to buy a server. ITCandor looks at the differences and relationships Read more »