[October 16, 2014]

Intelligent Systems to Exceed $1 Trillion in 2019 as the Market Continues to Disrupt Traditional Industries Including Manufacturing, Energy, and Transportation, According to IDC

The deployment of billions of advanced systems across major industries over the next five years will be critical to enabling the vision around intelligent systems, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) study, Worldwide Embedded and Intelligent Systems 2014-2019 Market Update.

The market for intelligent systems-defined by microprocessors, connectivity, and high-level operating systems/UI in systems excluding PCs, phones, servers, and tablets-will grow from 1.4 billion units and $755 billion in revenue this year to over 2.2 billion units and over $1 trillion in revenue by 2019, according to the IDC (News - Alert) report.

"Intelligent systems continue to play a critical role in disrupting traditional industries as connectivity, sensors, and HW SW intelligence enables the ability to drive more value for applications and data," said Mario Morales, Vice President of IDC's Enabling Technologies and Semiconductors research group. "The value chain for the embedded market is broad and fragmented across a large set of industries that span decades of development and commercialization. Solving business-specific challenges across each industry with technology and data integration will ultimately dictate the cadence of adoption and help crystallize the opportunity over the next five years."

In 2019, intelligent systems will represent over one fourth of a total available market (TAM) of more than 8.5 billion systems in the combined intelligent and embedded systems market. Among he top-growing segments are driver management and fuel management systems in the transportation sector, smart wearables and smart home lighting systems in the consumer sector, digital pathology and virtual metrology systems in the healthcare sector, and industry-specific gateway products in the industrial sector.

For this forecast update, IDC expanded the embedded and intelligent systems and microprocessor coverage to include 263 system segments, in areas such as energy, smart building, smart home, transportation, and wearables to provide more insight on the technology adoption of each market.

IDC launches the new report in conjunction with our participation in the upcoming fourth annual Intelligent Systems Tech Forum in Menlo Park, California on October 29th and 30th. Resonating with major themes of the report, the conference will feature exclusive keynotes and sessions on the Industrial Internet, Connected Car, Wearables, and Semiconductors including keynotes from IDC's Mario Morales, GE's Niloy Sanyal, and Morgan Stanley's Mark Edelstone. The Forum also includes an exclusive panel of Chinese companies sponsored by Blue Focus that will discuss innovation, future government policy, and the thriving ecosystem in China and how the region is driving disruption in design, manufacturing, and usage models across a wide range of systems from infrastructure, automotive, to wearables. Visit www.intelligentsystemstechforum.com to find out more and register.

The IDC report, Worldwide Embedded and Intelligent Systems 2014-2019 Market Update (IDC #252046, forthcoming), sizes and forecasts the traditional embedded systems and intelligent systems and microprocessor markets segmented across a broad set of industries and over 250 system categories. The study also provides the context of Intelligent Systems within the broader vision of the Internet of Things (IoT) by IDC.

About IDC

International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. In 2014, IDC celebrates its 50th anniversary of providing strategic insights to help clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com. Follow IDC on Twitter (News - Alert) at @IDC.

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