CompactPCI to continue industrial inroads

European users of embedded computer boards expect their consumption of CompactPCI solutions to increase, even as newer board technologies become a reality.

European users of embedded computer boards expect their consumption of CompactPCI solutions to increase, even as newer board technologies become a reality.

IMS Research recently surveyed companies that purchase embedded computer boards and found that 42.9% expect to use CompactPCI boards in their systems by 2006, slightly more than the 39.3% that currently use them.

This suggests that companies will still require CompactPCI even as the new PICMG AdvancedTCA specification becomes more widely accepted.

During the collapse of the telecomms market at the start of the decade, suppliers of CompactPCI solutions had to find other applications to maintain sales and retain market share.

Many suppliers found new applications for CompactPCI within industrial, transportation, traffic systems and military.

Steady business within these sectors has helped to partially offset the collapse of sales to the telecomms sector.

IMS Research forecasts that further penetration into these new applications combined with increasing business from the slowly recovering telecomms industry will cause the CompactPCI market to experience strong growth over the coming years with a CAGR of 9.7% during the period 2002 to 2007.

IMS Research analyst and report author, Tim Dawson points out: "Although AdvancedTCA solutions are not only designed for telecomms applications, it is believed this is the area where these solutions will be initially most widely accepted".

Dawson continues: "This means growth of the CompactPCI market looks set to continue as CompactPCI solutions are further used in new applications which might not necessarily require the new advancements provided by the AdvancedTCA specification, such as more board space and support for higher power boards".

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