Workstations continue a solid growth pace in Q3’13
December 10th 2013
Worldwide, the industry shipped approximately 973.1 thousand workstations in the third quarter of 2013, marking 3.6% sequential growth in a quarter that's cyclically down, more often than not. That figure nearly eclipsed the record 1.0 million units the market set back in 2011. Read the full Press Release and download the Q3'13 Market Quarterly HERE.This week in TechWatch
- SUPER COMPUTING 13; D-Wave brings a new dimension, Fusion-io shows off partnerships
- FINANCIAL REPORTS; Intel, Autodesk
- GAMING NEWS; Gen-8 consoles for the holiday, Apple outfoxed me
- SMART MACHINES
- EDITORIAL: Looking for the computer’s left brain
- TECH INSIDER
- THE BACK PAGE: If you build it they will, it seems, come
If you build it they will, it seems, come
Techwatch December 3rd 2013
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