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                                                        The Florida SunFlash
           1990 Workstation/Workstation Server Market
   
SunFLASH Vol 27 #12					          March 1991 
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This article contains four tables from IDC. They show how the 
Workstation/Workstation server market place was divided among
the various vendors in 1990.
-johnj
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Table   Data
1.      Top Workstation/Workstation Server Vendors,
        Worldwide Shipments of All Vendors, Calendar 1990 (Units)

2.      Top Workstation/Workstation Server Vendors, Worldwide Value
   	of All Vendor Shipments, Calendar 1990 ($M)

3. 	Worldwide Workstation/Workstation Server Unit Shipment Growth,
	All Vendors, By Processor Type, 1989-1990 (Units)

4.	Worldwide RISC Workstation/Workstation Server Unit
	Shipment Growth, All vendors, By Type of RISC Processor,
	1989-1990 (Units)

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                             TABLE 1
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Top Workstation/Workstation Server Vendors,
Worldwide Shipments of All Vendors, Calendar 1990 (Units)

Rank	Vendor			Shipments		Share
____    _____			_________		_____

1	Sun Microsystems	141,800			38.2
2	HP			 75,550			20.4
3	Digital*		 62,500			16.9
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        Subtotal		279,850			75.5
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4	IBM			 17,000			 4.6
5	Integraph		 14,470			 3.9
6	Sony**			 12,380			 3.3
7	NeXT			 11,000			 3.0
8	Silicon Graphics	  9,400			 2.5
        Other			 26,700			 7.2
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        Total			370,800			100.0

* Digital estimates include VAXstation and DECstation shipments only;
  DECsystem servers are excluded

** Sony figures reflect both Sony Corporation in Japan and Sony 
   Microsystems in the U.S.

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                             TABLE 2
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Top Workstation/Workstation Server Vendors, Worldwide Value
of All Vendor Shipments, Calendar 1990 ($M)

Rank	Vendor			Shipments		Share
____    _____			_________		_____

1	Sun			2,352			32.4
2	HP			1,539			21.2
3	DEC*			1,176			16.2
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        Subtotal		5,067			69.8
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4	Integraph		  505			 7.0
5	IBM			  476			 6.6
6	Silicon Graphics	  422			 5.8
7	Sony**			  194			 2.7
8	NeXT			   74			 1.0
	Other			  519			 7.2
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	Total			7,257			100.0

* Digital estimates include VAXstation and DECstation shipments only;
  DECsystem servers are excluded

** Sony figures reflect both Sony Corporation in Japan and Sony 
   Microsystems in the U.S.

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                             TABLE 3
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Worldwide Workstation/Workstation Server Unit Shipment Growth,
All Vendors, By Processor Type, 1989-1990 (Units)

		    1989		   1990		Growth
                 _________		___________

		(#)	(%)		(#)	(%)	89-90 (%)
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RISC		83,068	29.7		212,995	 57.4	156.4
MC680x0	       129,145	46.2		112,705	 30.40  (12.7)

Proprietary
(NON-RISC)	56,150  20.1		 42,500  11.5	(24.3)

Intel 80x86	11,202	 4.0		  2,600	  0.7	(76.8)
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Total		279,565	100.0		370,800	100.0	(32.6)

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                             TABLE 4
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Worldwide RISC Workstation/Workstation Server Unit
Shipment Growth, All vendors, By Type of RISC Processor,
1989-1990 (Units)

		    1989		   1990		Growth
                 _________		___________
		(#)	(%)		(#)	(%)	89-90 (%)
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Sparc		46,055	55.4		140,565	66.0	205.2
MIPS RX000	17,508	21.1		 35,695	16.8	103.9
IBM POWER	 3,700	 4.5		 17,000	 8.0	359.5
Clipper		13,000	15.6		 14,470	 6.8	 11.3
MC88x00		 1,355	 1.6		  3,990	 1.9	194.5
HP-PA & Prism	 1,260	 1.5		    850	 0.4	(32.5)
Other Prop. RISC   190	 0.2		    425  0.2    123.7
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Total		83,068	100.0		212,995	100.0	156.4

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