This IDC study forecasts the total size of the worldwide PC semiconductor market, including desktop PCs, mobile PCs, and x86 servers from 2006 to 2011. Desktop PC semiconductor revenue is divided into six price bands ranging from sub-$600 to $2,000+; mobile PC semiconductor revenue is divided into three price bands ranging from sub-$1,500 to $2,000+; and x86 server semiconductor revenue is divided by the tower, rackmount, and blade server form factors. In addition to the market data presented by PC form factor, this study includes a market forecast of major PC semiconductors organized by subsystem, including microprocessor, core logic, graphics, main memory, audio, storage, communications, power management, health management, security, device I/O, and I/O controller. This document also presents a qualitative analysis of the desktop PC, mobile PC, and x86 server semiconductor market trends.

"While the major market trends of mobility, connectivity, and a consumer alignment still dominate the PC semiconductor market, they will not be as strong as they were over the last three years." ? Shane Rau, program manager, PC and HDD Semiconductors