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Press Release for Immediate Release
EDITOR'S NOTE: Excerpts from the 2nd Edition of the JPR Workstation Report are available on request. Jon Peddie Research Announces the 2nd Edition of the JPR WorkstationReport Provides the broadest, deepest look at the state of the worldwide workstation market and technologies today TIBURON, CA—October 29, 2004—"The workstation platform is alive and well, though today it bears little resemblance to the expensive, proprietary machines that used to dominate the industry," said Jon Peddie Research (JPR), a leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, in a report released this month. According to JPR, "Most workstations shipped today have more in common with desktop PCs than the costly, RISC/Unix machines of old," indicating inevitable loss of revenue for traditional workstation vendors as advanced PCs meet demands of typical workstation users. The JPR Workstation Report: Professional Computing Markets and Technologies is a semi-annual report that explores and analyzes the technology and market forces shaping today's workstations. With in-depth attention to the major vendors driving the workstation platform, as well as a detailed sizing of the marketplace for both workstations and professional graphics hardware, the JPR Workstation Report provides the broadest in-depth assessment of the workstation industry today. "The technology used to build workstations has changed dramatically in the last five to ten years," said Alex Herrera, author and senior analyst at Jon Peddie Research. "But the demands of professional applications and users have not. What continues to set a workstation apart from other machines like desktop PCs are incremental hardware and software features that promise the professional user better performance, throughput and reliability with their one or two critical applications," Herrera concluded. Jon Peddie Research estimates that nearly 830,000 workstations were shipped in the first half of calendar 2004, accounting for roughly $2.2 billion (USD) in worldwide revenue. Of that, the PC-Derived Workstation, a machine that leverages technologies derived from—though not necessarily identical to—the high-volume PC platform, accounted for roughly 92% of units and 84% of revenue. In stark contrast, the Traditional Proprietary Workstation marketed by vendors Sun, HP, IBM, and SGI once dominated the landscape, but today continues to lose ground to PC-Derived Workstations, due to the latter's pronounced competitive advantage in price and price/performance, continuing acceptance of Windows in professional markets, and Linux's continued emergence as a viable alternative to not only Windows but proprietary Unix as well. Professional graphics hardware is one of the key differentiators for the workstation platform. IHVs such as Nvidia, ATI, 3Dlabs, and Matrox shipped approximately 1.1 million units of professional graphics Add-in Boards (AIBs) in the first half of 2004, accounting for roughly $415 million (USD) in revenue. Pricing and AvailabilityThe JPR Workstation Report is a semi-annual reporting service focusing on both the technologies and markets for professional workstations. The September 2004 issue is over 400 pages, with 160 charts and 70 tables. A Table of Contents is available for free download at http://www.jonpeddie.com/special/Workstation.shtml. For information about purchasing the JPR Workstation Report, please call 415/435-9368 or visit the Jon Peddie Research Web site at www.jonpeddie.com. About Jon Peddie ResearchDr. Jon Peddie has been active in the graphics and multimedia fields for more than 30 years. Jon Peddie Research is a technically oriented multimedia and graphics research and consulting firm. Based in Tiburon, California, JPR provides consulting, research, and other specialized services to technology companies, including graphics development, multimedia for professional applications and consumer electronics, high-end computing, and internet-access product development. EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Alex Hererra and Dr. Jon Peddie are available for interviews by contacting Pat Meier Associates PR at patmeier@patmeier.com. ###
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