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Jon Peddie Research divides its CAD market report into two super-segments: AEC and Manufacturing. “The software tools to support the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction; infrastructure; process and power; and Manufacturing industries are resource-hungry. In addition, high revenues and a large user base mean the CAD market influences hardware design for PCs, graphics hardware, servers, and even mobile devices," said Kathleen Maher, Co-Founder and Vice President of Jon Peddie Research.
The large CAD customers in the automotive, aeronautics, construction, machine design, plus process and power industries are gravitating towards system design.