IDC's Semiconductors: Personal Computing service provides strategic and tactical analysis for chip suppliers and OEMs in the computing system (desktop, mobile, and x86 server) and hard disk drive (HDD) storage markets. The computer semiconductor market is the largest of all semiconductor markets, and its current stage of development - characterized by accelerated semiconductor integration, accelerated system segmentation, and more vendor consolidation - puts it on a collision course with the consumer and communications semiconductor markets. This service analyzes technology transitions, vendor positioning, and pricing directions to guide clients to the revenue opportunities.

• Worldwide desktop PC, mobile PC, and x86 server semiconductor forecast (semiannual)
• PC microprocessor vendor market share (quarterly) by all form factors and processor brand
• PC core logic chipset vendor market share (quarterly) by all form factors, CPU vendor supported, and graphics type
• PC discrete graphics processing unit (GPU) market share (quarterly)
• Hard disk drive semiconductor revenue (annual)
• Hard disk drive semiconductor vendor market share (annual)
• DRAM supply, demand, MB per system, and pricing trends
• Interfaces and technologies

• Worldwide PC Semiconductor Forecast
• Worldwide Quarterly PC Microprocessor Vendor Shares
• Worldwide Quarterly PC Core Logic Chipset Vendor Shares
• Worldwide Quarterly PC Discrete Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Vendor Shares
• Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply Analysis
• Worldwide HDD Semiconductor Forecast and Analysis
• Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Semiconductor Vendor Shares
• Worldwide PC Interface and Technology Forecast

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.

1. What will be the impact of the major processor vendors' transition to a system-on-chip approach? How fast will higher numbers of processor cores be introduced? Where are PC processors going when they're not going into PCs?
2. What are the road maps and market strategies for major players such as Intel (processors, core logic), AMD (processors, core logic, and graphics), and Nvidia (graphics)?
3. What will be the impact on NAND flash memory in the PC, including NAND caches and solid state disk (SSD) drives?
4. What will be the penetration rate of new technologies such as SSDs, PCI Express 2.0, USB 3.0, 802.11n, and WiMAX?
5. Which HDD semiconductor market segment is the largest, and which one is driving growth?

IDC's Semiconductors: Personal Computing service examines how semiconductor vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the computing semiconductor market. This service reviews the strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in the semiconductor market, including:

AMD, Broadcom, Elpida, Hynix, IBM, Intel, Link-A-Media, LSI Logic, Marvell, Micron, Nanya, NVIDIA, Qimonda, Rambus, Samsung, SiS, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, and VIA Technologies.

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