There were 18,497 x86 servers shipped to the Taiwan market during the second quarter of this year, slipping by 17.3% on quarter but rising by 1.6% on year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Taiwan.
Manufacturers were the largest buyer group, accounting for 29% of last quarter's total shipment volume of x86 servers, followed by financial businesses with 17% and the government sector with 11%, IDC Taiwan indicated.
Opteron-based servers recorded the highest quarter-on-quarter shipment volume growth of 25%, said IDC Taiwan. Dell, IBM and Sun Microsystems have offered or plan to offer new Opteron-based x86 servers in the second half of this year, IDC Taiwan indicated.
| Taiwan market: Breakdown of 2Q 2006 shipments of x86 servers by number of CPUs | |
| Number of CPUs | Proportion of total shipment volume |
| 1 | 40.4% |
| 2 | 55.1% |
| 4 or more | 4.5% |
Source: IDC Taiwan, compiled by DigiTimes.com, September 2006
Article translated by Adam Hwang and edited by Eric Mah
