xTCA Standards Drive Growth In Embedded Market 
xTCA標準推動嵌入式市場增長

July 27, 2012 -- Sales of xTCA boards are forecast to grow from $400 million in 2012, to over $700 million in 2016 according to a recently published report by IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc.

7月27日消息——根據IMS Research（最近已被HIS公司收購）新近發布的一份報告表明，XTCA板卡的銷售額預計將從2012年的4億美元增長到2016年的7億多美元。

“Although ATCA is projected to outsell PrAMCs, accounting for 85 percent of the xTCA market in 2016, all technologies have a part to play, as the application reach of each standard is a little different,” commented report author Toby Colquhoun.

報告作者Toby Colquhoun評論道：“盡管ATCA的銷量預計將超過PrAMC，并在2016年占據85%的xTCA市場，但所有的技術都會有其一席之地，因為各項標準的應用范疇略有不同。”

The majority (about 80 percent) of ATCA board revenues are to communications applications. Growth is closely tied to the performance of companies in this vertical. For example, the performance of tier 1 European communication equipment providers was weak in 2011, and consequently ATCA board revenues contracted from 2010.

ATCA板卡收入的大部分（約80％）是通信應用，因此市場的增長與該垂直行業的公司業績密切相關。比如，歐洲一級通信設備供應商2011年的業績較弱，因此ATCA板卡銷售收入相比2010年有所收縮。

By contrast, the flexibility of the microTCA platform means that about 50 percent of revenues are to other industries, such as military and transportation. As expenditure in these programmes runs over long periods, microTCA board revenues experienced strong growth between 2010 and 2011 in EMEA.

相比之下，MicroTCA平臺的靈活性使得其大約有50％的收入來自其他行業，如軍事和交通運輸。這些項目支出具有長期性，使得從2010年到2011年，MicroTCA板卡在歐洲、中東和非洲地區取得了強勁增長。

2012 to 2016, ATCA board revenues are forecast to grow strongly, as growth in economic activity and investment in communications infrastructure increases. Many companies have picked ATCA to support 4G deployments, and as more network operators offer this service, ATCA is poised to benefit.

2012年到2016年，隨著通信基礎設施經濟活動的增加和投資的增長，ATCA板卡收入預計增長強勁。許多公司已經選定ATCA支持4G網絡的部署，而隨著越來越多的網絡運營商提供4G服務，ATCA也將受益。

Beyond 2016 the outlook for the ATCA standard is uncertain. Today, the transition to 40 GB Ethernet is well underway, but it remains to be seen if the standard has enough footprint to allow features that are likely to become key purchasing criteria. This includes support for multiple high performance processors and 100 GB Ethernet.

2016年以后ATCA標準的前景并不明朗?，F今，40GB以太網的過渡正在有條不紊地進行，但該標準是否有足夠的空間實現有可能成為主要采購標準的功能，仍有待觀察。這包括對多種高性能處理器和100GB以太網的支持。