On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 11:56:27AM +0100, Mike Tintner wrote: > A report released Monday by the market research firm Forrester > predicts that by 2008, [2]1 billion personal computers will be in use
Fiddlesticks. ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/ist/docs/embedded/tsarchopoulos-060207_en.pdf "In 2003 there was an average of 8 billion embedded systems worldwide. It is estimated that in 2010 their number will double, reaching 16 billion." This excluding PCs and game consoles, of course. > worldwide. By 2015, that number is supposed to double, mainly due to > booming markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China -- the so-called > [3]BRIC countries. Considering that the personal computer is roughly > 30 years old, that's a fairly substantial acceleration of the growth > curve. (Thanks to [4]Slashdot for the tip.) -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
