Taipei,Dec.20,2012(CENS)--Some 18,949 servers were sold in Taiwan in the third quarter of 2012,up 6%from the same period of last year,or year-on-year(YoY),and a 9%increase from previous quarter,or quarter-on-quarter(QoQ),according to IDC Taiwan,the local subsidiary of the global market intelligence provider.
Total sales revenue was US$84 million,down 1%YoY but up 8%QoQ.
Leon Kao,Market Analyst,PC&Peripherals Group of IDC Taiwan,pointed out that the third quarter is the traditional peak season,which drove up demand for servers to the normal level.However,he added,the fierce price-cutting competitions among x86 server vendors drove the average selling prices(ASP)down about 7%YoY during the period.
Unit shipments of x86 servers were 18,730 units,a 5%QoQ increase and a 7%YoY increase.Sales revenue of such type servers was US$54.3 million,down 3.4%YoY.
In terms of shipments,the top-five server brands in the period were HP,IBM,Dell,Asus,and Acer.
Due to the pressure from x86 mainstream models,the shipment of non-x86 servers was 219,while revenue from such product grew by 25%and 3%from previous quarter and a year earlier,respectively,to reach US$29.2 million.IBM,HP,and Oracle maintained their leading positions in the non-x86 market,IDC Taiwan said.
In 2013,IDC Taiwan said,demand from technology manufacturers`production-line expansion plans and financial/telecom companies`system upgrade projects is expected to continue driving up the domestic server market.
