This IDC study of the market for FC chassis and FC fixed-port switches in APEJ provides an updated overview of this market. This study includes an estimate of the market by country in APEJ for 1H05 for chassis and fixed-port fabric switches by port count and revenue. This study also includes a forecast for this market by country from 2005 to 2009.

The market revenue for FC switches in APEJ in 2005 is now estimated at US$191.4 million. The market is estimated to total 370,600 ports, comprising 96,500 ports associated with the chassis-based switch segment and 274,100 fixed-port fabric switch ports.

The three largest country markets in the APEJ region in 1H05 were Australia at US$25.3 million, the People's Republic of China (PRC) at US$25.1 million, and Korea at US$10.3 million.